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On display at V&A South Kensington
Glass, Room 131

Vase

1890-1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Baccarat (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Lorraine (made)

The style of cutting is in imitation of Chinese rock crystal carving ; the decoration and the mount both also are in the Chinese or Japanese taste popular from the 1880s onwards. "Baccarat"and three vase forms, cut on mount. Henry L. Florence Bequest.


Object details

Categories
ELISE
Glass
Containers
SCRAN
Object type
Vase
Materials and techniques
Clear glass, with cut decoration, with ormolu mount
Cut Glass
Cutting
Brief description
Vase, France, Lorraine, made by Cristalleries de Baccarat, 1880-1910
Physical description
The style of cutting is in imitation of Chinese rock crystal carving ; the decoration and the mount both also are in the Chinese or Japanese taste popular from the 1880s onwards. "Baccarat"and three vase forms, cut on mount. Henry L. Florence Bequest.
Dimensions
  • Height: 34.0cm
  • Maximum width: 19.5cm
  • Maximum depth: 12.1cm
Style
19TH CONT
Marks and inscriptions
'Baccarat' and three vase forms, cut on mount (Makers's mark)
Gallery label
  • The style of cutting is in imitation of Chinese rock crystal carving; the decoration and the mount both also are in the Chinese or Japanese taste popular from the 1880s onwards. The designer has not yet been identified
  • VASE 1242-1917 'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900' From about 1820 Baccarat was the largest and one of the most important glassworks in France producing a wide range of fine glassware, decorative and useful. The company exhibited coloured and cut glass with success at the international exhibitions held in Paris in 1855 and 1867, where they obtained the Grand Medal of Honour. This example is said to have been bought by H.L. Florence from Théodore Deck. The glass is cut in the manner of Chinese rock crystal carvings with pheasants and pine branches in Japanese and Chinese taste. Henry L. Florence Bequest(1987-2006)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Henry Louis Florence, Esq.
Production
Said by Mr van den Pant (address as for H L Florence when he was alive, appears to have been an executor (and relative?) of HLF) to have been bought from Theodore Deck
Bibliographic reference
Ruriko, Tsuchida, Mariko, Igaki and Kanako, Seki (eds.) Gallé and Japonisme, Suntory Museum of Art, Osaka, 2008 p.50
Other number
9461 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.1242-1917

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
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