Baccarat - Drinking set (8) - Harcourt - Crystal

Set of 8 Porto crystal glasses in transparent glass marked on the base: Baccarat Harcourt Versailles cut model, renowned for its iconic design and characterized by its architectural shape: an extraordinary form, from the flat-cut bowl pattern to the beveled hexagonal geometry. The artisanal craftsmanship is evident in every detail of its regal and elegant form. Drinking from an Harcourt 1841 glass means taking part in the brand’s history and in an elegant past, produced in the 60s/70s. Description: Cut-panel design on the bowl, multi-facet foot. Condition: Active. Current: 1841. The Baccarat glassworks was founded in 1765 by the Bishop of Metz, who wished to promote industry in the small village of Baccarat, 400 kilometers east of Paris, in France. Sainte-Anne Glassworks of Baccarat produced every type of common-use glassware (windows, bottles, tableware) and survived the French Revolution (1789), but had to face the Napoleonic wars (1812-1815). The shifting of European borders after the wars brought the great French glassworks of Voneche, in the north of France, inside the newborn Belgium. The owner of Voneche, a Parisian named Aime-Gabriel D'Artigues, bought Baccarat glassworks to relaunch his business in France and continue serving French customers without paying heavy import duties. The new company Voneche-Baccarat focused on high-quality lead crystal production. In 1822 D'Artigues sold the glassworks and the new owners founded Compagnie des Cristalleries de Baccarat (keeping Voneche as part of the name until 1843). After winning medals at the major Paris Expositions in 1823, the company soon became (and remains today) France’s leading glassmaker. The town of Baccarat is today devoted almost exclusively to glassworking, with factories, museums, and shops, and has become a tourist destination for visitors from around the world. Size: height 8 x diameter 5.4 cm (one is chipped, see photo)