A Rene Lalique 'Amour Assis' box, designed 1919, the circular body moulded to the cover with a handle in the form of a seated cherub, in frosted and clear glass with a sepia patina, moulded 'R. Lalique, 14.5 cm high. Provenance: Shapiro Auctioneers, Sydney, 23 September 2008, lot 31, Mr Hans Mueller and Mrs Gertrud Mueller, Sydney, acquired from the above. Literature: Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, Catalogue Raisonne De L'Oeuvre de Verre, Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2004, no. 3, p. 223 (illustrated, another example)