Centerpiece (Guéridon) from the “Service Côtes Alternées Dépolies,” No. 4966

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Centerpiece (Guéridon) from the “Service Côtes Alternées Dépolies,” No. 4966

Artist Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat (French, 1764-present)

Dateabout 1893

Dimensions21 1/2 × 10 1/8 × 6 1/4 in. (54.6 × 25.7 × 15.9 cm)

MediumPressed and etched glass; assembled

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Gerald A. Earles and George R. Francoeur

Object number

2014.21

Not on View

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.

Published ReferencesCompagnie des Cristalleries de Baccarat 1893, Cristaux moulés, Auszug aus Reprint, Brussels, Edition Collections Livres, 2000, Addendum 01, SG, MB.

Cf: Siegmar Geiselberger, “Zeittafel der Cristallerie de Baccarat; ergänzt aus Curtis, Baccarat, 1992,” Pressglass Korrespondenz, 2004, vol. 1.