VR XL BACCARAT GLASS VASE CRYSTAL ART NOUVEAU JAPONISME L' ESCALIER GOLD ANTIQUE

Description: VERY RARE XLARGE BACCARAT ART NOUVEAU JAPONISME LOBED GLASS CRYSTAL VASE GILT GOLD ENAMELED L' ESCALIER CRISTAL ANTIQUE THIS IMPRESSIVE, EXTRA LARGE BACCARAT VASE MEASURES APPROX. 8" HIGH, 6 1/2 " ACROSS AND 5" DEEP (FRONT TO BACK.) THIS UNIQUE EXAMPLE, COMBINES SEVERAL RARE ATTRIBUTES: * XL SIZE, POSSIBLY THE LARGEST VERSION BACCARAT OFFERED IN THIS MODEL.* GOLD JAPONISME DECOR ON CLEAR CRYSTAL* FIRST EXAMPLE OF THIS DECOR, ON THIS RARE LOBED MODEL, THAT I HAVE FOUND. THIS IS A DOCUMENTED / UNDISPUTED MODEL, AND DECOR, USED BY MAISON BACCARAT, AND IS AN UNSIGNED EARLY VASE...IT IS MY FIRST ENCOUNTER OF THE COMBINATION OF THE TWO. (SOME OF THE LATER VARIATIONS OF THIS MODEL, IE: ACID, CAMEO, POINSETTIA, HOLLY, HOUX, EGLANTIER), OCCASIONALLY BEAR THE BACCARAT MARK, BUT NOT MANY). THIS PARTICULAR MODEL IS ALSO THE LARGEST EXAMPLE I'VE SEEN IN THIS RARE, QUATRE-LOBED / POLYLOBE STYLE BY MAISON BACCARAT.ADDITIONALLY, IT IS THE ONLY 'CLEAR' EXAMPLE IN THIS MODEL, THAT I HAVE SEEN WITH THE BEAUTIFUL GOLD ENAMELING OF BIRDS, (PHEASANTS?) AND FLORA, IN THE JAPONISME STYLE. THIS PARTICULAR GILT DECOR HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED ON OTHER CLEAR MODELS OF ANTIQUE BACCARAT VASES, BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN ANY GILT DECOR ON THIS SPECIFIC, LOBED MODEL, WHEN MADE OF CLEAR GLASS/CRYSTAL.(THE ONLY DECOR ON THE CLEAR LOBED MODELS, THAT I HAVE SEEN, IS THE RARELY FOUND, 'CARVED IMAGES' VERSION, IN THE COLORLESS GLASS.) FINDING THIS MODEL VASE, WITH GOLD ENAMELING, WAS A GREAT SURPRISE. THE VASE ALSO HAS A VERY SUBTLE, SHEER GOLD SHEEN, ALL AROUND THE WIDEST PART / SHOULDER AREA, WHICH IS A DECOR FOUND ON EARLY ANTIQUE, CLEAR BACCARAT VASES WITH ENAMELING. THE CLEAR MODELS, LIKE THE ACID/CAMEO VERSIONS, ARE TYPICALLY MUCH SMALLER IN HEIGHT AND WIDTH THAN THIS MODEL, BY ABOUT 2" ALL AROUND. THIS IS A SUBSTANTIAL PIECE. THE RARITY OF THIS PIECE, WHICH OFFERS SEVERAL OF MANY 'FIRSTS' (FROM MY POINT OF RESEARCH), BEGS THE QUESTION...WAS THIS UNUSUAL COMBINATION OF DECOR, MODEL, AND SIZE, THE RESULT OF A BESPOKE / SPECIAL ORDER? THE FACT THAT I 'DISCOVERED' IT IN FRANCE, ONLY AFTER SEVERAL DECADES OF COLLECTING, SPEAKS VOLUMES TO THIS UNIQUE, AND PERHAPS, ONE OF A KIND, EXAMPLE. THE GOLD ENAMELING IS BRIGHT. SOME SMALL GOLD FLORA & BRANCHES ON THE BACK, TOP AND SIDES HAS WORN OFF.GOLD NUMBER '3' ON THE POLISHED BASE/PONTIL.HAND BLOWN / HAND ENAMELED.NO CHIPS. VERY MINOR WEAR.CIRCA EST.1890's. CONDITION IS EXCELLENT. * I ACCEPT PAYPAL ONLY.* I DO NOT SHIP INTERNATIONALLY AT THIS TIME.* THIS WILL SHIP USPS PRIORITY, INSURED. * SIGNATURE REQUIRED AT DELIVERY. 1) ALL ITEMS ARE SOLD 'AS IS' AND SALE IS FINAL. 2) REFUNDS ARE ONLY CONSIDERED IN THE EVENT THAT AN ITEM HAS BEEN GROSSLY MISREPRESENTED. 3) PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, AND REVIEW THE PHOTOS FOR DESCRIPTION. I AM HAPPY TO SHARE MORE PHOTOS UPON REQUEST.

Price: 1900 USD

Location: Miami, Florida

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