A French 19th century Neo-Classical st. ormolu and Baccarat crystal urn
List: $7,800.00
A beautiful and high quality French 19th century Neo-Classical st. ormolu and Baccarat crystal urn. The urn is raised by a square base with elegant bun feet with wonderful etched and beaded spiral designs, and a mottled wrap around palmette... — Read More
A beautiful and high quality French 19th century Neo-Classical st. ormolu and Baccarat crystal urn. The urn is raised by a square base with elegant bun feet with wonderful etched and beaded spiral designs, and a mottled wrap around palmette band. Above the socle shaped pedestal support is the elegantly shaped body with most decorative spiraled etched lattice designs with striking richly chased winged caryatids at each side. Above the curved neck is a mottled ormolu top bad with delicate twisted ribbon and Coeur de Rai patterns. — Read Less
- Item # 13334
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H: 11.25 in L: 5.5 in D: 4.25 in
H: 29 cm L: 14 cm D: 11 cm
- France
- 19th Century
- Baccarat Crystal, Ormolu
- Neo-Classical st. Read More
- Baccarat Read More
In 1764 King Louis XV of France gave permission to found a glassworks in the town of Baccarat. Production consisted of window panes, mirrors and stemware until 1816 when the first crystal oven went into operation. By that time over 3000 workers were employed at the site.
Baccarat was famous and requested by many royal houses and received its first royal commission in 1823. This began a lengthy line of commissions for royalty and heads of state throughout the world. In 1855 Baccarat won its first gold medal at the Worlds Fair in Paris after which they began to mark their creations towards the end of the 19th century.
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