Crystal Bowl Attr. To Baccarat, France, Circa 1880

Elegantoval cut-crystal bowl decorated with stylized palmettes on a grid background,resting on a silver patina bronze mount representing blooming branches. 

Biography :
Thefamous crystal manufacture of Baccarat, that dates back to the 18thCentury, was awarded its first medal in 1823, during the « Exposition desProduits de l’Industrie » for the « brillianceand the sharpness of its crystal » and became then the most renowned Frenchcristallerie. Baccarat was undoubtedly the only French manufacture, thatexhibited steadily and magnificently its products at the various Universal Exhibitions,and especially between 1855 and 1867. In all reports one can read about the « perfection of the material and of its cut ».