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A fine and large Baccarat acid-etched and gilt amber cameo two-handled cooler, circa 1867 image 1
A fine and large Baccarat acid-etched and gilt amber cameo two-handled cooler, circa 1867 image 2
Lot 239

A fine and large Baccarat acid-etched and gilt amber cameo two-handled cooler, circa 1867

18 May 2016, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £8,750 inc. premium

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A fine and large Baccarat acid-etched and gilt amber cameo two-handled cooler, circa 1867

Of u-shaped form with a swollen band below the rim and an everted foot, decorated with a pair of neoclassical figures, the reverse with a dancing maiden, anthemions and scrollwork around the handles, within formal borders and gilt bands, 25cm high

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A similar pair in blue opaline glass was sold by Bonhams, 17 December 2008, lot 467. The same technique was used by Baccarat for the much acclaimed punch set shown at the Paris Exposition Universalle in 1867, the first time that this technique was exhibited. See J S Spillman, Glass from World's Fairs 1851-1904, Corning Museum of Glass (1986), pp.21-22 and fig.8.

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