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Stunning crystal casket carved signed Baccarat * France, gilt brass mounts, decorated with geometric motifs and stylized stars, vintage late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
This box is in good condition. He signed a pellet below.
A note: tiny micro-chips on the edge of the crystal (not visible), light scratches and wear of time, see photos.
is a crystal factory located in Baccarat municipality in the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine in France. In 1764 King Louis XV gave permission to found a glassworks in the town of Baccarat in the Lorraine to the Bishop of Metz Louis-Joseph de Montmorency-Laval (1761-1802). The vast enclosure of the Baccarat Crystal Company merged with almost the small town of Baccarat. Production was to tile manufacturing window glass, mirrors and glass services. After the French Revolution, the company dwindled until its bankruptcy in 1806, when it was sold at auction to a merchant of Verdun. In 1816, the glassware was bought by an industrialist Aimé-Gabriel d'Artigues (1773-1848). This was the beginning of the ascent of the prestigious Baccarat Crystal. The real business start date of its acquisition in 1822 by a wealthy Parisian, Pierre-Antoine Godard-Desmarest. Baccarat received its first royal commission in 1823 from King Louis XVIII. This was the beginning of a long series of orders for the royal families and heads of state of the planet. It was also a period of strong growth internationale.En 1855 Baccarat won its first gold medal at the Universal Exhibition of Paris.Baccarat filed in 1860 its trademark on its parts. The mark was a label on the pièces.La crystal production took its magnitude during this period, and Baccarat has built a worldwide reputation by producing high quality glasses, candlesticks, vases and perfume bottles.
