A French 19th century Louis XV st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu centerpiece
List: $11,800.00
A stunning and high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu centerpiece. This wonderful oval centerpiece is raised on a pierced Ormolu base decorated elegantly with scrolling foliate movements, swaging floral garlands surrounding an acanthus leaf... — Read More
A stunning and high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu centerpiece. This wonderful oval centerpiece is raised on a pierced Ormolu base decorated elegantly with scrolling foliate movements, swaging floral garlands surrounding an acanthus leaf central reserve, and cartouche shield with a coat of arms. Extending upwards around the ends of the crystal bowl are scrolling acanthus leaves with dentil designs on the edge. The beautiful oval shaped Baccarat Crystal bowl is wonderfully accented with palmette designed cuts extending to the rim which has slight points at each peak. — Read Less
- Item # 13950
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H: 14 in L: 17.25 in D: 11 in
H: 36 cm L: 44 cm D: 28 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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