1930S SABINO GLASS FRENCH ART DECO OPALESCENT MOUSE CAR MASCOT OR  HOOD ORNAMENT

A RARE ART DECO OPALESCENT GLASS HOOD ORNAMENT CAR MASCOT MODELED  IN THE FORM OF A MOUSE MOUNTED ON THE ORIGINAL NICKEL PLATED AND BRONZE MOUNTS  SIGNED "SABINO FRANCE" ON GLASS BASE FRENCH 1930

 Marius Sabino, founder of Sabino Glass company, was born in  Sicily in 1878 and moved to France while he was still a young boy. He studied at  L'Ecole Nationale des Arts Decoratifs and the Beaux Arts de Paris, where he  became particularly interested in the challenges that the advent of electricity  would have on glass manufacture. It was through electric lights that Sabino came  to the production of glass. In fact, on his return from the first World War  (where he had joined as a volunteer), he founded a factory which manufactured  traditional lights fittings of wood or bronze and then quickly changed to glass.  In 1925, Sabino created an opalescent glass with a blue hue and iridescent  impressions of either clouds in a blue sky, light striking a soap bubble or a  reflection from water surface. He designed and made special lighting for a  luxury cruise ship (Ile de france) in 1927, and a lighted fountain column for  the Grand Salon of Normandy in 1935. The glass of the chandelier was no longer  part of the design, it was the principal component. His chandeliers, which were  often monumental in size, were made to compliment the architecture of the day.  Apart from chandeliers, he also created a multitude of vases and decorative  objects, making great use of his expertise as a sculptor. In particular, busts  and statues of women, and an exceptionally large range of animals with stylized  features-sometimes in extraordinary large sizes. For example, in 1931 he created  a large fish in a limited edition, two of which were bought by Josephine Baker  and Maurice Chevalier.

MEASUREMENTS WITH THE METAL BASE: 81.4mm. HIGH, 60.9mm. WIDHT,  49.7mm. SCREWED / MOUNTED ON WOOD BASE

THIS WAS AN ESTATE

Condition: NEAR MINT  / AS YOU SEE IT / SIZE IN THE  PHOTOS