Rene Lalique 1932: "Docteur Pierre" Commemorative Goblet for Forvil. 4.6", VG.

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René Lalique had this goblet commissioned to him by Parfums Forvil , a regular client for their perfume bottles, in 1932.
Forvil wanted a glass suitable to brush one's teeth and also to keep for drinking at one's bedside, commemorating Docteur Pierre Mussot.
A scientist and doctor born around 1810 in the time of Napoleon, Mussot was widely credited as an inventor who manufactured and sold the first industrial toothpaste in 1837. Up to then, only the rich and powerful cleaned their teeth with concoctions specially prepared by chemists. Mussot also promoted better hygiene and he quickly made a fortune with products like soap, toothpaste and the like. Among other things, he financed research by Pasteur to identify microbes and their relation to diseases, a theory widely contested. In 1925, his great-grandchildren bought the Forvil company, took its name and evolved towards perfumes and cosmetics.
The glass, or goblet, was not to be sold but offered to customers and business relations. It is made of thin glass sculpted all over with a motif of ferns which draw the name "Docteur Pierre" (photos 1,2,3).
The goblet is not signed, but it is is repertoried and photographed in the large book by Felix Marcilhac, the unofficial "Lalique Bible", on page 767 of the 2011 French printing in the "Unclassified and Unreferenced Goblets" section under designation "D- Docteur Pierre" (photo 6).
The goblet is 4.6" tall, and in good condition. In particular, the vertical lines seen on pictures such as photo 5 (4 lines in total) are not flaws or cracks. They are part of the original drawing. This is probably the thinnest of all Laique goblets, also probably the only one designed as a glass for brushing one's teeth.
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