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Artist:
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Cristalleries de Baccarat
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Title:
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Lidded punch bowl, from a set
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Date:
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c. 1867
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Medium:
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Cased lead glass
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Dimensions:
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23 x 13 15/16 in. (58.42 x 35.4 cm)
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Credit Line:
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Gift of the Decorative Arts Council with funds from the 1999 Antiques Show and Sale
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Location:
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Gallery 333
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Incorporating the theme of Bacchus, this punch bowl and goblets made their debut at the International Exposition of 1867 in Paris. The Baccarat firm incorporated the innovative technique of acid etching to produce these classical images, instead of the customary copper wheel engraving.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Cristalleries de Baccarat
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Role:
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Manufacturer
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Life Dates:
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Baccarat, France, est. 1764
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Classification:
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Glass (Do Not Use)
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Physical Description:
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Procession with 14 figures around body of bowl in blue on frosted ground; musicians, dancers, satyrs and other followers of Dionysus; scrolling ivy at top edge; 3 heads in profile on cover with foliate designs; finial on cover with cut pinecone motif
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Creation Place:
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Europe, France, , ,
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Accession #:
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2000.10.1.1a,b
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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