BY BACCARAT, PARIS, CIRCA 1875

Lots 176-178 belong to a series engraved and cut-crystal of works first introduced by Baccarat at the Exposition universelle of 1867. Developed by Baccarat's best craftsmen, the technique of cutting and wheel-engraving crystal (taille-gravure or intaglio) was often reserved for exceptional works in the japonisme style. A pair of taille-gravure vases, possibly lot 177, appeared on the catalogue cover for award-winning works shown at Expositions universelles of 1867 and 1878 (M. Lerch, D. Morel et. al., Baccarat: la légende du cristal, Exhibition catalogue, 15 October 2014 – 4 January 2015, Paris, p. 52).