A pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu and Baccarat crystal sconces
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An exceptional pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu and Baccarat crystal sconces. Each five arm sconce is centered by a beautiful scrolled backplate with elegant pieced foliate designs. The striking arms branch out from two supports at... — Read More
An exceptional pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu and Baccarat crystal sconces. Each five arm sconce is centered by a beautiful scrolled backplate with elegant pieced foliate designs. The striking arms branch out from two supports at the backplates and display most decorative scrolled movements. Each arm is adorned with large richly chased acanthus leaves and impressive arrays of teardrop and kite shaped cut Baccarat crystal pendants centering beautiful and unique etched crystal pendants. Each arm also retain their original crystal bobeches with additional fine cut crystal pendants and fluted candle cups with wrap around berried laurel bands. — Read Less
- Item # 11421
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H: 32 in L: 18.5 in D: 10.5 in
H: 81 cm L: 47 cm D: 27 cm
- France
- 19th Century
- Baccarat Crystal, Ormolu
- Louis XV 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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