Model No: 1157 Sanglier. Created October 1929
For this mascot, René LALIQUE was certainly inspired by the presence of wild boars in the Alsatian forest of Wingen-sur-Moder where, in 1922, he set up his new factory.
The Wild Boar mascot, like the Falcon, the Perch and the Peacock Head fits perfectly into the naturalist mold but using simple artistic strokes and flat surfaces in an impressionist style. Sublime.
Length: 9.3cm
Clear (white) glass and Colour (fume or grey) models are catalogued and exist.
Press molded
Price (1932 Lalique et Cie Catalogue): 245FF (clear) and 275FF (colour)
Breves of Knightsbridge, London UK titled this model ’Boar’ or‘Wild Boar’and listed a price of £2/12/6 ‘unilluminated' or £3/13/6 ‘for light’ using the patented Breves illuminated mount. A bulb was 3/s and Duty was 10/6. It appeared only in later Breves Car Mascot leaflets and sale lists. This was the least expensive hood ornament along with the Hawk’s Head and Frog. No price was listed for a colour example though presumably this could be ordered at additional cost.
Nil Melior, a prominent auto accessories company whose showrooms were located at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York, listed the Sanglier for $30.
Other names for this mascot - Sanglier, Boar, Wild Boar. Mascotte, Hood Ornament, Car Mascot, Bouchon de Radiateur, Radiator Cap.
Appeared in 1932 Lalique Catalogue. Removed from 1937 Catalogue but continued as a paperweight (presse-papiers) at this time.
Continued in crystal post 1947 and reissued in 1951, retaining the molded R. Lalique France signature for a period of time. Later introduced in clear and several colours (no molded signature). No longer marketed today.