Centerpiece (Guéridon) from the “Service Côtes Alternées Dépolies,” No. 4966
Artist: Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat (French, 1764-present)
Date: about 1893
Dimensions:
21 1/2 × 10 1/8 × 6 1/4 in. (54.6 × 25.7 × 15.9 cm)
Medium: Pressed and etched glass; assembled
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Gerald A. Earles and George R. Francoeur
Object number: 2014.21
DescriptionColorless lead glass; blown, acid-etched, pressed. The three-tiered, multi-part epergne is assembled with screw-threaded brass fittings that are cemented to the glass components. A central polygonal shaft, consisting of three parts, is topped by a trumpet vase on a ribbed knop, while resting on a flared pedestal base with alternating transparent and acid-frosted ribs. The ends of each faceted shaft part screws into a ribbed plate with an upturned rim and scalloped edge, the plates decreasing in size in ascending order.
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