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The Pinsons bowl nests finches among serrated leaves in frosted and clear glass. René Lalique, whose glassworks were at Wingen-sur-Moder, first designed Pinsons in 1933. Read its story.
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Before his glassworks at Wingen-sur-Moder, René Lalique began as a jeweller. His Art Nouveau jewellery and vases showcase plants, flowers and flowing lines. Here nature returns in molded relief, with finches perched in various poses within a lattice of overlapping fern-like leaves.
Later, René Lalique took part in the interior design of the great first-class dining hall of the liner Normandie. This bowl sets polished surfaces against frosted ones, so the finches seem to step forward with real depth and dimension.
The relief wraps continuously around the exterior, so the birds keep their company from every angle, and the bowl's weight and substantial construction give it a sculptural presence. It can cradle seasonal fruit or rest empty as a centerpiece, and as light passes through the frosted glass, the finches seem to stir in their hiding places.
Lalique began with a jeweler's eye. Born in Aÿ, in the Marne, René Lalique was apprenticed as a young man to the jeweler Louis Aucoc. He also studied at England's Crystal Palace School of Art. In the mid-1880s he opened his own workshop in Paris, where jewels would one day give way to glass.
Paris crowned him in 1900. At the Great Exhibition he shone with jewels for stars such as Sarah Bernhardt, and that year he was named an Officer of the Legion d'Honneur. The illustrious maison went on to adorn the Cote d'Azur Pullman Express and the liner Normandie.
His son Marc carried the maison into crystal. Today Wingen-sur-Moder remains the only place in the world where Lalique crystal is made, and its artisans hand down their craft from generation to generation. Its crystal now shines in homes across the globe, chosen by collectors who know the difference between beautiful and sublime. They know each piece carries the vision of a jeweler who turned glass into art.
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