South African Bulbs 2011

[Maggi Young]

Oh yes, Lesley... apart from the clear and milky , opalescent types of glass ware, Lalique TIFFANY designed stained/coloured glass lampshades etc, as well as having been originally a jeweller..... though of course there were Lalique father and son and I cannot rmember who did which first!  

Nowadays there is a large market for "Lalique" TIFFANY style stained glass lamps and such.
There you go... that's my contribution of today's bit of trivia!  

Edited by maggi when Arnold gave her  the clue that she was losing her mind!  see later posts!

[Lesley Cox]

Thank you Maggi. I didn't know that. My milky vase is just signed R. Lalique so I don't know whether father or son. It is quite plain but has birds, maybe budgies or similar, as handles and these and the thicker areas of glass turn to a delicious apricot shade if the vase is placed with the sun behind it. So it lives on a table against a west-facing window. The other is a flat bowl, very heavily encrusted around the edge with chrysanthemums and about 5cms deep. It weighs about 5 kgs!

[PeterT]

Nice stuff Lesley, I only have one piece of Lalique, a scent bottle from C 1920

[YT]

Lesley, I should mention Émile Gallé instead of Lalique

[Lesley Cox]

Yes, very beautiful glass indeed, but way beyond my means I'm afraid. I did buy my bowl but the older and much more valuable vase I was left, by an aunt. I should do a couple of pictures but must catch up with dusting first.

[BULBISSIME]

Wonderful plant Tatsuo !!
I also can confirm René LALIQUE made many colored glass, but, like Tatsuo, I much prefer Emile GALLE or DAUM family in glass work 

[ArnoldT]

Since are plugging our favorites any votes for Louis Comfort Tiffany?

[Maggi Young]

Since are plugging our favorites any votes for Louis Comfort Tiffany?

   Good grief! Just realised my ramblings about stained glass etc are actually related to Tiffany, not Lalique... what a fool I am! Sorry... poor grey cells are obviously fading fast!  

[Maggi Young]

Sorry, Lesley, my muddled ramblings have given you useless info....  all the coloured/stained glass comments were really about Louis Comfort Tiffany... and his son!

[Lesley Cox]

That's OK Maggi. It's the time of year, locally known, though mostly in regard to TV programming, as the silly season. If our minds are a bit wonky at present it's only to be expected.