Bouchons de Radiateur (Hood Ornaments) category removed from Lalique et Cie Catalogue

From 1932 onwards the fashion for motoring accessories such as hood ornaments was fading and car manufacturers were creating their own identities in terms of radiator design and badging. We have evidence of auto accessories still being marketed in the USA in 1934 but perhaps more as souvenirs or desk items.

In 1937 the car mascots (bouchons de radiateur or hood ornaments) category was definitively removed from the Lalique et Cie Catalogue. At that time, models that remained in stock could be purchased mounted in metal fixing rings on glass opaline bases as bookends (Serre-Livres) in pairs. This included "Faucon" "Coq Nain" "Tete de Belier" "Tete de Coq" "Tete d'Aigle" "Tete de Paon" "Hirondelle" "Longchamps" "Epsom" "Coq Houdan" "Pintade". Some remained available ("sans monture" without bases) as paperweights (Presse-Papiers). This did not include the Falcon or the Epsom as they would not stand up without a base.