A FRENCH ORMOLU AND CUT-CRYSTAL, BLOWN AND FROSTED-GLASS CAMEL CENTREPIECE, ENTITLED ‘LE VAISSEAU DU DÉSERT’ BY COMPAGNIE DES CRISTALLERIES DE BACCARAT, PARIS, LATE 20TH CENTURY The frosted glass body of the camel in one piece, modelled walking, the head turned slightly to the left and cast separately, surmounted by a Mamluk shaped cut-glass vase etched with fronds and flowerheads, the saddle support cast with tassled rugs and spears, the body encircled with straps supporting a bowl to each side, with reins, bridle and headdress plume, on a chamfered diamond-cut plinth with a stiff-leaf cast edged base on bracket feet and applied at the sides with loop tendril handles, variously numbered and stamped with the Baccarat cachet mark 24 in. (61 cm.) high; 22 in. (56 cm.) wide; 9 ¾ in. (25 cm.) deep
A FRENCH ORMOLU AND CUT-CRYSTAL, BLOWN AND FROSTED-GLASS CAMEL CENTREPIECE, ENTITLED ‘LE VAISSEAU DU DÉSERT’ BY COMPAGNIE DES CRISTALLERIES DE BACCARAT, PARIS, LATE 20TH CENTURY The frosted glass body of the camel in one piece, modelled walking, the head turned slightly to the left and cast separately, surmounted by a Mamluk shaped cut-glass vase etched with fronds and flowerheads, the saddle support cast with tassled rugs and spears, the body encircled with straps supporting a bowl to each side, with reins, bridle and headdress plume, on a chamfered diamond-cut plinth with a stiff-leaf cast edged base on bracket feet and applied at the sides with loop tendril handles, variously numbered and stamped with the Baccarat cachet mark 24 in. (61 cm.) high; 22 in. (56 cm.) wide; 9 ¾ in. (25 cm.) deep
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