A LARGE PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED BACCARAT OPAQUE-WHITE PAINTED GLASS VASES, 19TH CENTURY
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October 25, 08:20 PM GMT
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
Lot Details
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A LARGE PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED BACCARAT OPAQUE-WHITE PAINTED GLASS VASES, 19TH CENTURY
the vases of baluster form with a stepped shoulder, each painted with a scene of a pair of nesting birds within thorny branches issuing flowers and autumnal leaves, with further birds perching on branches and in flight, signed N.Vivien., the versos with similar pairs of birds perching on thorny branches, the scenes embellished with butterflies, the vases applied with gilt-bronze strap handles, the feet and lined domed covers with a claret-ground enriched with tooled-gilding, the covers with acanthus leaves and fruiting vine with gilt-bronze urn-shaped knops, the stepped-feet with gilded bands edged in foliate-scrollwork, raised upon gilt-bronze square feet with chamfered corners reserving rectangular blue/black glass panels with gilded diaper pattern, the screws at the bases of the vases and underside of covers stamped with the Baccarat factory mark.
height 46½ in.
102.9 cm
The Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat can be traced to 1764, when King Louis XV accorded to the Bishop of Metz permission to establish a glass factory on his land, in the small village of Baccarat in Lorraine, in order to compete with the celebrated Bohemian production. The Baccarat manufactory rapidly became a leading producer with highly skilled maître-verriers. In 1823, Baccarat participated for the first time at the National Exhibition.
A Baccarat white opaque glass vase of this form with matching mounts, painted with figural subjects and signed F. Béllanger, was sold at Replica Shoes 's New York, October 26, 2006, lot 22.