A PAIR OF FRENCH OPAQUE WHITE GLASS VASES

CIRCA 1840-1850, ATTRIBUTED TO BACCARAT AND POSSIBLY THE HAND OF JEAN FRANÇOIS ROBERT

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A PAIR OF FRENCH OPAQUE WHITE GLASS VASES
CIRCA 1840-1850, ATTRIBUTED TO BACCARAT AND POSSIBLY THE HAND OF JEAN FRANÇOIS ROBERT
Of baluster form, each finely painted with garden flowers including roses, tulips, fuchsia and buttercups among others, the shoulder enriched with large ogival cartouches reserved on blue beneath a garland of morning glories, the rims enriched with gilt and blue bands
17½ in. (44.4 cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

Compare J.-L., Curtis, Baccarat, pp. 225-235. Robert was the principal decorator of opaline vases of this type between 1835 and 1855. Also see C.Vincendeau, Les Opalines, pp. 120-130 for further information on the work of this artist.

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