A Rene Lalique 'Cigales' box and cover, designed 1921, with a circular body, the cover moulded in sections with cicadas, in opalescent glass, moulded 'R. Lalique' and inscribed 'France no. 44', 25.5 cm diameter. Provenance: G.D Renshaw, Grays Antique Market, London, Mr Hans Mueller and Mrs Gertrud Mueller, Sydney, acquired from the above on 11 August 1993. Literature: Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, Catalogue Raisonne De L'Oeuvre de Verre, Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2004, no. 44, p. 230 (illustrated, another example)