A symbol of prosperity, beauty and honour, the peony is an emblematic flower, especially in China where it is often depicted. The soft glow of the candle-light filters through the finely chiselled satin finished crystal petals of the votive to be displayed alone or in accumulation. 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.