Large “Caravelle” table centerpiece, thick slab of pressed-molded white and satin-finish glass, rounded shape, hollow-molded decoration of a large ship with unfurled sails signed R Lalique France, model created in 1930 and not used after 1947, set in a truncated cone-shaped nickel-plated metal base. 

Signed “René Lalique” in the decoration.

The nave motif appears in relief, demonstrating the technical prowess of its creation, total length with base 72 cm

Decorative motif: 62 cm X 45 cm 

Félix Marcilhac, René Lalique - Catalogue Raisonné de l'Œuvre de Verre, Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2011, N°1169

A variant of this model, featuring seagulls around the ship, was created in 1938 for the King of England's official visit to Paris in July. The city of Paris wanted to offer it as an official gift. The gull-winged model became referenced by Lalique as “Surtout de table lumineux des Souverains anglais”.