Partial "Harcourt Empire" Table Service
Baccarat · Marked
France, Circa 1970
An important 94-piece Baccarat glassware service, "Harcourt Empire" model, in cut crystal heightened with gilt, crafted in France circa 1970. Created in 1841 for King Louis-Philippe, the Harcourt pattern is the oldest Baccarat service still in production today. Its "Empire" version, featuring gilded decoration introduced in 1925, remains its most prestigious iteration. The service comprises 18 champagne flutes, 16 water goblets, 20 red wine glasses, 24 white wine glasses, 12 liqueur glasses, 2 decanters with their stoppers, and 2 water pitchers. Each glass displays the hallmark characteristics of the celebrated pattern: a flared bowl cut with broad flat facets, adorned with meticulously detailed gilt arabesques, palmettes, and strapwork, highlighted by delicate gilt fillets along the rim. The stem—short on the wine and water glasses, more slender on the flutes—is facet-cut and accented with a triple knop. It rests upon a hexagonal foot, the signature hallmark of the model, bordered by a gilded band. The pieces bear the acid-etched Baccarat mark, systematically applied by the crystal manufactory since 1936. The quintessential state service, worthy of the royal tables that inspired it, the Harcourt Empire will bestow an incomparable brilliance upon any table setting.
30 000 €
- Artist / Maker
- Baccarat · Marked
- Circa
- 1970
- Origin
- France
Technique / Materials
- Crystal
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