A Rare Cut-Crystal Glass, Gilt and Silvered Bronze Wine Cooler

Object Description

A Rare Cut-Crystal Glass, Gilt and Silvered Bronze Wine Cooler, By Cristalleries de Baccarat, Paris.

The removable lid with an central aperture to allow the bottle neck to protrude. The body with a removable nickel-plated liner around which there is a void for filling with ice. The diamond-cut circular body is supported by four silvered-bronze seated putti. They are characterfully sculptured with vine leaf headdresses, hold ropes from their shoulders and are surrounded by vine leaves and bunches of grapes. The eared glass base is raised on lion-paw feet.

Marked to the underside and interior of liner with Baccarat cachet.

France, Circa 1880.

Object History

Baccarat is the world’s leading manufacturer of crystalware. Founded in 1764 under the patronage of Louis XV as Renault et Compagnie, the firm became known as the Compagnie des Cristalleries de Baccarat during the nineteenth Century.

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