A pair of Baccarat acid-etched and gilt pink cameo coolers, circa 1867
A pair of Baccarat acid-etched and gilt pink cameo coolers, circa 1867
of ovoid form with two loop handles and everted rim, decorated with classical figure between palmettes, within anthemion and scrollwork around the handles,
Quantity: 2
25.2cm., 9 7/8 in. high
Provenance:
Decoration of this type was exhibited for the first time by Cristallerie de Baccarat in 1867 at the Paris Exposition Universelle, when an acid-blue punch service was included on their stand. The service is now in the collection of the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, illustrated by Jane Shadel Spillman, Glass from the World’s Fairs – 1851-1904, Corning Museum of Glass, exh. cat., 1986, p. 23, fig. 8. It is particularly rare to find coolers in pink, a near pair of coolers in blue was offered at Sotheby's Olympia, 17th December 2003, lot 64.
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A pair of Baccarat acid-etched and gilt pink cameo coolers, circa 1867
of ovoid form with two loop handles and everted rim, decorated with classical figure between palmettes, within anthemion and scrollwork around the handles,
Quantity: 2
25.2cm., 9 7/8 in. high
Provenance:
Decoration of this type was exhibited for the first time by Cristallerie de Baccarat in 1867 at the Paris Exposition Universelle, when an acid-blue punch service was included on their stand. The service is now in the collection of the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, illustrated by Jane Shadel Spillman, Glass from the World’s Fairs – 1851-1904, Corning Museum of Glass, exh. cat., 1986, p. 23, fig. 8. It is particularly rare to find coolers in pink, a near pair of coolers in blue was offered at Sotheby's Olympia, 17th December 2003, lot 64.
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