Signed Baccarat, Louis XVI Style Chandelier With Fire Pots In Gilt Bronze And Cut Crystal

Signed by Cristalleries de Baccarat, Louis XVI style chandelier with gilt bronze and cut crystal fire pots, circa 1890

An elegant and decorative chased bronze chandelier in its original gilding (minor wear), illuminated by nine peripheral arms of light.
The chandelier features a fine chiseled bronze decoration of fire pots and binets in the form of Medici vases, as well as a beautiful white cut-crystal decoration of crystals, flowers, half-pears, shuttles, daggers, and fruit. At the center of the chandelier is a magnificent cut-crystal shaft adorned with a chased bronze crown and crystal beads.
It ends with a pretty cut-crystal ball.

Beautiful chandelier in the Louis XVI style, French work circa 1890, with crystal decoration signed by Cristalleries de Baccarat.

Sizes: H 45,27 Inches – Diameter 28.34 Inches.

In fine original condition. It is professionally wired for electricity, European standards, and the possibility of setting to the American standard on request.

Baccarat:

In 1764, French King Louis XV granted Louis-Joseph de Montmorency-Laval, Bishop of Metz, permission to establish a glassworks in the Lorraine village of Baccarat.
In 1824, Ismaël Robinet, a Baccarat glassmaker, invented an air-piston pump that facilitated glassblowing. The following year, Baccarat developed the press-molded technique.
In 1855, Baccarat took part in the first Paris Universal Exhibition, exhibiting two monumental candelabras and a chandelier.
In 1860, on October 29, Baccarat registered its trademark with the Paris Commercial Court: a carafe, a stemmed glass, and a beaker inscribed in a circle. Initially printed on a paper label, the stamp was later engraved directly onto the piece.

Baccarat crystal is of the highest quality, containing no less than 31.7% lead, with no defaults and the highest standards. Cristallerie de Baccarat has been passed down through the generations and remains a symbol of French art de vivre.