Timbavati Lioness Sculpture, Clear Crystal

It's the tale of two sisters. One glints with golden hues, the other boasting a pure-white coat, both bearing the name Timbavati, a tribute to the South African reserve where rare white lions may be found in the wild. Living treasure, unrivalled in the world. Trained as a jeweler at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs in Paris in the late 1880's, Rene Lalique gained recognition as an independent designer for some of the era's great jewelry houses including Cartier and Boucheron. Eventually, he turned to glassmaking, and his techniques were a triumph for the Art Deco movement. Every piece of Lalique is finely detailed and produced by hand in Alsace, France.