Pair Of Baccarat "for Crystal Staircase" Vases In Crystal And Bronze Mount

PAIR OF BACCARAT VASES "FOR CRYSTAL STAIRCASE" IN CRYSTAL AND BRONZE MOUNT "Baccarat and The Crystal Staircase: Carp in molded crystal" BACCARAT CRYSTALLERY for the crystal staircase "carp", the model presented at the Paris World's Fair (1878), reference no. 2553 from the 1878-79 catalog of the zoomorphic vase in molded crystal. Gilt bronze base treated in the Asian style with decorations of geometric motifs and fantastic animal heads. Late 19th century. Total height with frame: 29 cm Exhibition and bibliography: Michaela Lerch and Dominique Morel - Baccarat: the legend of crystal - Catalog of the exhibition organized at the Musée du Petit Palais, Paris, in 2015, museum edition Identical model, without rim, presented at this event and reproduced on page 55.