Baccarat, Set Of Candy Dishes And Cups, France, Circa 1870

A beautiful set of crystal candy dishes and bowlsconsisting of nine matching pieces. Itincludes a pair of large lidded candy dishes, a large bowl, and sixsmall individual bowls. Eachpiece is cut with fluted and scalloped motifs; the set is supported bya baluster-shaped stem, and the entire piece rests on a faceted base.  (This set closely resembles the “oves” modelslisted in the 1840 Launay-Hautin catalog, the firm that handleddistribution for the Baccarat and Saint-Louis crystal manufacturers). 

Biography

The famous Baccarat crystal glassworks, whose origins date back to the 18thcentury, won its first gold medal at the 1823 Exposition desIndustrial Products of 1823, where it was praised for “the brilliance andfineness of the crystal” and became France’s leading crystal manufacturer.Baccarat was undoubtedly the only French manufacturer at the time that waswas consistently and masterfully represented at the various exhibitionsin which it participated, thereby earning honors andprestigious awards. A key phrase—“the perfection of the material andthe cut”—recurs in all reports from the World’s Fairsbetween 1855 and 1867, where Baccarat crystalware dominated due to the quality of itscrystal, deemed superior to that of Bohemia and England.

Height of large bowl: 21 cm; Diameter: 24 cm
Height of the two candy bowls withlids: 30 cm; Diameter: 20.5 cm
Height of the 6 small bowls: 10 cm; Diameter:10 cm