Baccarat Glassworks
Vase
1874-1884
Physical Qualities
Molded opalescent glass, with gilding and enamel, 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Michael and Anis Merson, Baltimore
Object Number
2015.103
Opalescent glass Mold cast all in one piece. Foot in shape of rocky ground holding hollow stalk of bamboo. Bamboo stalk bears raised bamboo leaves, highlighted with a little gilding. Snake gilded with enamel colors on head. Beetle enameled with gilded highlights. Marked on the underside in raised block letters “Baccarat”
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2015; Mike Merson, Baltimore, by purchase, 2014, James D. Julia Inc., Fairfield, Maine
Rena Hoisington, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "New Arrivals: Gifts of Art for a New Century", February 7-May 8, 2016.
Markings: Marked on the underside in raised block letters “Baccarat”
