French Japonisme Ormolu-Mounted Baccarat Crystal Vase with Bronze Turtle Feet

Product Description

A Gorgeous and extremely rare French Japonisme ormolu-mounted turtle footed Baccarat crystal vase designed with a gilt turtle design, Baccarat stamp on bottom. The quality and craftsmanship of this piece is second to none. Baccarat crystal is known to be the best crystal in the world and this piece appropriately demonstrates that. The crystal vase is seated on four beautifully cast and hand-chiseled ormolu turtles, representing the Japanese artistic movement in France at the time, known as ‘Japonisme’. The body of the vase is a gorgeously hand painted with raised gold and enamel decoration of a turtle and various other decorations, making it seem as though the turtle is swimming in a lake. Underneath the turtle are painted rocks and mosses, while above the turtle are cherry trees, dropping their fruit into the water. On the reverse of the main panel are two turtles swimming away into the distance. In fifty years of collecting merchandise, this is the only signed Baccarat piece we have ever seen with this form and design,
France, circa 1880.

Height: 10 in (25.4 cm)
Width: 4 in (10.16 cm)
Depth: 4 in (10.16 cm)