A fine pair of large French ormolu-mounted deep-cut crystal vases

BY BACCARAT, PARIS, CIRCA 1890

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A fine pair of large French ormolu-mounted deep-cut crystal vases
By Baccarat, Paris, Circa 1890
Each with gilt rim above a waisted neck and stepped shoulder applied with a lozenge band, the ogee-shaped body with a wide star-cut band above a gadrooned section, applied with a pair of scrolled handles each mounted with coiled serpents and centred by a cherub mask, on spreading stepped stem and plinth cast with a pair of lion masks, on tapering rectangular feet
21 5/8in. (55cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

Another example of this fine model of vase may be found in the Musée de la Cristallerie de Baccarat, Paris (illustrated in Y. Devaux, L'Univers des Bronzes et des Fontes Ornamentales (Chefs-d'Oeuvre et Curiosités 1850-1920), Paris, 1978, p. 44.

See lot 235 for a further note on Baccarat.

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