Rene Lalique 1927: "Calendal" Atomizer for Parfumeur Molinard. Signed. 6". VG.

Description

René Lalique's designed several bottles and atomizers for French parfumeur Molinard between 1923 and 1937. "Calendal", named after a French Revolution leader, was one of Molinard's two main successes, along with "Figurines et Guirlandes"
from around the same time
, both with Lalique bottles. Molinard, when the perfume came out, had the image of a ruffian as the bottles of all his perfumes were considered very daring. This was exactly as per his instructions to his designers, Lalique included. This "Calendal" bottle  was at first considered borderline pornographic and not everybody would buy it, especially as his original clientèle, in Grasse on the Mediterranean sea, had been Queen Victoria and her court. For that reason, the perfume was also sold in another bottle, more "conventional", by another designer.
"Calendal" was sold in these bottles until WW2 approximately.
This bottle is ovoid clear and frosted, in thick sculpted glass, entirely sculpted with naked ladies. The atomizer version is 6" tall in total, including an almost 3" brass contraption by the leading French manufacturer of sprays at the time, "Le Provençal" (photos 6, 7, 8). While the perfume bottles came in several sizes, the atomizer version had only one.
"Calendal" is photographed and classified (photo 10) in Felix Marcilhac's large book (the unofficial Lalique "Bible"), on page 963 of the 2010 French printing under reference "Molinard 4". Lalique normally did not sign the bottles made for parfumeur clients (contrary to those for his own "Maison Lalique") but he sometimes accepted to co-sign them with the parfumeur The signature  is manually etched under the base (photo 9) , "Molinard, France, Lalique".
The condition is excellent: No  chip, break or even visible scratch. The bottle is empty.
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