Of ovoid form cut with broad bands of swags between step cutting, the faceted stems with square pedestal feet and star-cut bases, flared and shaped rims above, the bodies applied with oval panels inset with a pansy, a rose and three buds enamelled in colours on gold foil, 25.5cm high (2)

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Provenance
With Delomosne & Son Ltd.
Dr Julius and Dena K Tarshis Collection, Sale Christie's New York 21 April 2010, lot 23

Illustrated by Paul Jokelson, Sulphides, The Art of Cameo Incrustation (1974), p.14.

Exhibited
L'Art du Verre, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1951, no. 562.
Leo Kaplan (ed.), Presse-Papiers Français, Leo Kaplan Ltd., New York, 25 October 1986 and The Corning Museum, May 1987, no. 16.
Paul Jokelson and Dena Tarshis, Baccarat: Paperweights and Related Glass, 1820-1860, Baccarat Inc., New York, 30 May - 9 June 1990, no. 17.
Dena Tarshis, Objects of Fantasy: Glass Inclusions of the Nineteenth Century, The Corning Museum of Glass, 2001, p. 144, no. 81.

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A pair of Baccarat enamelled gold foil vases, circa 1830-40

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