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BACCARAT - Pair of Persian ruby bottle-shaped vases, circa 1880

This pair of Persian bottle-shaped vases with Japanese vegetal decoration was made by the Baccarat crystal works around 1880. Founded under the reign of Louis XV, the French crystal manufacturer Baccarat excellence at the World's Fairs throughout the 19th century. These ruby-hued blown crystal vases feature acid-etched and gilded decoration. The Japanese-style decoration features a plant stretching its branches around the circumference, interrupted only at the ring, in the middle of the neck, and at the top. The top of the neck is decorated with geometric friezes. The influence of Japanese prints is perceptible in the theme, as well as in the way of space and the representation of the plant world. Each vase bears an antique label on the base, marked "BACCARAT - FRANCE". The Baccarat crystal works produced a number of ruby-colored vases with very similar designs similar to this one in the 1880s, including two from a set that sold at at Drouot in 2016.

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Baccarat, Pair of vases with wading birds, circa 1880

This pair of vases with stilt-walkers was made by the Baccarat crystal works around 1880. Founded under the reign of Louis XV, the French crystal manufacturer Baccarat demonstrated its excellence at World's Fairs throughout the 19th century. At the end of the 19th century, it created this pair of vases in opaline glass, milky translucent glass with green and gold decoration. These two baluster-shaped vases are of high quality craftsmanship. Their Japanese-style decoration features two pairs of stilt-walkers, whose varied positions bring the surrounding waterscape to life. At the base of each vase, to represent the earth, the decoration is enhanced with green, while all details are executed in gold. The gradation of these hues enhances the whiteness and translucence of the glass. The influence of Japanese prints is perceptible in the theme, as well as in the way the space is constructed and the landscape and animals are depicted. Galerie Marc Maison has another pair of vases whose gold-glazed decorations depict a Japanese landscape with Far Eastern flora and fauna.