A Set of Six 'Wild Rose' Perfume Bottles

Object Description

A Set of Six ‘Wild Rose’ Perfume Bottles
By Cristalleries de Baccarat

One of the most refined Art Nouveau offerings by the famous company, the pink overlay glass bottles with a design of wild roses, fruit and foliage on an acid-etched leafy background, with the original faceted stoppers. One with the paper label of Baccarat.
French, circa 1910

This design of dropper bottle, allowing one to dispense drops of perfume onto handkerchiefs or cotton balls, appears in Baccarat catalogues of 1903-1904, as well as 1916.

Object History

Cristalleries de Baccarat takes its name from the town of Baccarat,  where it was founded in 1764 by royal permission of Louis XV,  in the midst of the forests of Lorraine, rich of wood necessary to burn in the kilns and to achieve high temperatures; by the early 19th century the production of the finest crystal was achieved, in various shapes and sizes to the most desired fashionable requirements – from elaborately decorated stemware to chandeliers, vases and the great ormolu mounted decorative pieces of the second half of the XIX century,  exported all over the world – and still today arguably the finest glass on the market.

Object Condition

Excellent condition

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