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Suite of forty-three transparent crystal glasses, in three sizes, with molded legs and chalices engraved with a finely interlaced monogram in English letters, composed of a central L framed by the letters probably S and T.
The service includes:
9 water glasses - Height: 14.4 cm - Stem Ø: 7.8 cm - Foot Ø: 7.4 cm ;
20 wine glasses - Height: 11.6 cm - Stem diameter: 6 cm - Foot diameter: 5.6 cm ;
14 champagne glasses - Height: 16.8 cm - stem Ø: 5.8 cm - base Ø: 6.5 cm.
These glasses were made after the acid signature was applied.
France, circa 1900.
Condition report:
Very good condition.
Very rare traces of use. Two 16.2 cm champagne glasses have slightly different proportions, indicating that they are not ground.
Model listed in the 1903 BACCARAT catalog.
A service of this model was delivered for Aristide BRIAND. A major figure of the Third Republic, several times President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs, he embodied French diplomacy at the beginning of the 20th century, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1926 for his action in favor of Franco-German reconciliation. The refinement of his service bears witness to the prestige attached to the orders placed with the BACCARAT crystal works by the great political and diplomatic figures of his time.
Ref: 2JKK5MBOBJ