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Tazza

1846 (made)
Artist/Maker
Baccarat (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Baccarat (made)

Tazza, France, made by Cristalleries de Baccarat, 1846

Object details

Category
Glass
Object type
Tazza
Materials and techniques
<i>Close millefiori</i> glass
Brief description
Tazza, France, made by Cristalleries de Baccarat, 1846
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.7cm
  • Maximum width: 10.6cm
Style
19TH CONT
Marks and inscriptions
'B 1846' in a cane (Makers's mark)
Bibliographic references
  • Hollister, Paul; The Encyclopaedia of Glass Paperweights, N.Y., 1969
  • 'Important Paperweights from a Private Collection, Sotheby's, New York, April 29, 1998, lot 184
  • P. Jokelson and D.K. Tarshis, Baccarat, Paperweights and Related Glass 1820-1860, Santa Cruz, California (paperweight Pres), 1990, cat.no. 48
Other number
9376 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
4450-1901

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1039/tazza-baccarat/
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