AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED BACCARAT CUT-GLASS VASE AND COVER

CIRCA 1900, STAMPED MARK TO BRONZE ON UNDERSIDE, PAPER LABEL TO COVER

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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED BACCARAT CUT-GLASS VASE AND COVER
Circa 1900, stamped mark to bronze on underside, paper label to cover
Of fluted baluster form, the conical cover with cast cone finial, the everted lip with stiff-leaf tips above a flaring trumpet neck, the shoulder cut with a band of eight 'Brunswick Stars', on conforming socle, cast berried laurel wreath and four splayed feet
38½in. (97.7cm.) high

Lot Essay

See Betty Elzea, The Second Empire (1852-1870), Art in France Under Napoleon III, The Philadelphia Museum of Art Exhibition Catalogue, 1978, p. 198, IV-26, for a similar vase. Here it is noted that 'large-scale ornamental vases such as this were typically produced by Baccarat for international exhibitions...'

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