Lot 178
178
AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED BACCARAT OPALINE AND PINK-OVERLAY GLASS TWO-HANDLED ICE-PAIL
FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE JOHN R. WILLIAMS
AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED BACCARAT OPALINE AND PINK-OVERLAY GLASS TWO-HANDLED ICE-PAIL

CIRCA 1867

Details
AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED BACCARAT OPALINE AND PINK-OVERLAY GLASS TWO-HANDLED ICE-PAIL
CIRCA 1867
Of krater form, acid-etched front and back with Bacchic figures, surrounded by scrolling foliage and anthemions, the rims and handles trimmed with classical patterns and enriched in gilt, raised on three ball feet
11 in. (28 cm.) high

Lot Essay

A punch-set similarly decorated and exhibited by the Cristallerie de Baccarat at the Paris Fair of 1867 is in the Corning Museum of Glass (see Jane Shadel Spillman, 'Glass from the World's Fairs 1851-1904' Exhibition Catalogue, 1986, p. 23, fig. 8). Also see an anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 1 March 1994, lot 158 for a similar example in blue; and an anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 28 & 29 April, 1999, lot 3 for two similar vases.

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