RENE LALIQUE
'LE JOUR ET LA NUIT'
A brilliant blue glass pendulet,
model introduced 1926
Marcilhac 728
14.96 in.(37.4 cm.) high
acid-stamped R. LALIQUE

Good condition,
Important and Rare Rene Lalique Clock : Le Jour Et La Nuit, circa 1926, in brilliant blue glass, considered to be among Rene Lalique's masterworks,
designed when he was sixty-six years old and at the zenith of a glass making career which began shortly before World War 1 and lasted until his death in 1945. The figures of 'Day' (male) 'Night' (female) are made light and dark by ingeniously molding the glass plate in intaglio and bas relief respectively, combining Lalique's characteristic use of neo-classical allegory, exquisite figure modeling and extraordinary innovative, yet simple technique in one superb design. This design was the most expensive clock that Lalique produced.
Less than thirty examples of this clock are known to exist, with most of examples known in either clear or gray glass, with few, as in the present example, in blue glass.