Model No: 1161 Coq Houdan. Created April 1929
The town of Houdan, 39 miles west of Paris, gave its name to a breed of hens. Henri IV had already been able to appreciate them and share his tastes.
René LALIQUE dedicated to them, in 1929, this noble and majestic rooster, the finest and most distinguished of all those he created. Extravagant tail and puffed out chest, with sharp angles and strong lines mark this mascot out.
Composed of geometric facets, the Coq Houdan was born the same year as the mascot Pintade, at the end of the then current golden age it reflects: cubism.
Height: 20cm
Clear (white) and Colour (fume) glass are catalogued and exist. Press molded
Examples with a molded signature in relief (likely early production and very rare) or as mostly found, with intaglio wheel cut signature exist.
Price (1932 Lalique et Cie Catalogue): 370FF (clear), 400FF (colour)
Breves of Knightsbridge, London UK titled this model ’Houdan’ and ‘Cock Houdan' and listed a price of £5/5/0 ‘unilluminated' or £6/6/0 ‘for light’ using the patented Breves illuminated mount. A bulb was 3/s and Duty was 15/0s. No price was listed for a colour example though presumably this could be ordered at additional cost.
Other names for this mascot - Coq Houdan, Houdan, Cock Houdan, Proud Cockerel, Strutting Cockerel. Mascotte, Hood Ornament, Car Mascot, Bouchon de Radiateur, Radiator Cup.
Appeared in 1932 Lalique Catalogue. Removed from 1937 Catalogue (though available as book-ends at this time and continued as a paperweight).
No known reissue in crystal post 1947, not marketed today.