Four large Baccarat acid-etched and gilt blue cameo glass vases, circa 1870
Estimate
12,000 - 20,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
of ovoid form with flaring neck, decorated on either side with Etruscan-style figures of the Triumph of Bacchus, showing either Bacchus or Ariane seated in a chariot drawn by four goats or a pair of tigers, separated by anthemion motifs, the neck with a Greek-key band, with gilded bands at the rims and shoulders
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Haut. 44.4 cm; Height 17 1/2 in.
The Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat debuted this innovative new technique of decoration at the 1867 Exposition Universelle in Paris, when the manufacturer included a large blue punch service in their display. The service survives today in the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, acc. no. 67.3.41, illustrated in Jane Shadel Spillman, Glass from the World’s Fairs – 1851-1904, Corning Museum of Glass, exh. cat., 1986, p. 23, fig. 8. The technique was also used to decorate bottle coolers with classical figures, and examples are recorded in blue, pink and amber-coloured glass.