See more objects with the tag nature, vessel, bowl, bird, animal .

Object Timeline

  • We acquired this object.

1931

  • Work on this object began.

2017

2025

  • You found it!

Bowl

This is a bowl. It was designed by René Lalique. It is dated 1931. Its medium is glass.

Both this bowl and necklace feature a row of parakeets. René Lalique repeatedly featured birds in tablewares, lamps, jewelry, hood ornaments, statuary, and more. He finished his work to a high quality standard, employing polishing and wheel-carving to enhance the sophistication of his molded and pressed designs.

It is credited Lent by The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift, 2009.457.

  • Beauvais Vase
  • press-molded glass.
  • Gift of Jacques Jugeat.
  • 1969-126-6
  •
  • Oran Vase
  • glass.
  • Gift of Stanley Siegel, from the Stanley Siegel Collection.
  • 1975-32-8
  •
  • Gros Scarabées Vase
  • mold-blown and acid-etched glass, silver.
  • Gift of Stanley Siegel, from the Stanley Siegel Collection.
  • 1975-32-7

Its dimensions are

10.5 x 25 cm (4 1/8 x 9 13/16 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.

There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/907130337/ |title=Bowl |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=10 March 2025 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>