Lot 98
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PART SUITE OF BACCARAT 'HARCOURT EMPIRE' GLASS
20TH CENTURY
Auction: 20 March 2019 at 11:00 GMT
Estimate: £2,500 - £3,500
Description
decorated in gilt with repeating panels of stylised hearts above palmettes on oval-cut bowls, raised on facetted knopped stems and hexagonal feet, with acid-etched maker's marks, comprising 12 water glasses, 15cm high; 12 red wine glasses, 13.5cm high; eight white wine glasses, 12.5cm high; nine liqueur glasses, 9cm high; 16 champagne flutes, 17.5cm high; three bottle-form decanters and stoppers, 30cm high; and three square-shaped decanters and stoppers, 24.5cm high (63)
Footnote
Provenance: Private Collection from an Ambassador's Residence
Note: The 'Harcourt' collection was created in 1841 and is the oldest in the Baccarat archive.