BACCARAT, "Gondole" model, created in 1904 - Part of a stemware service comprising: 22 water glasses (15 cm), 20 wine glasses (11.5 cm), 23 Rhine wine glasses (11 cm), 10 flutes (17.5 cm), 5 large decanters, 6 narrow decanters (32 cm for all decanters). A round carafe with cut sides on pedestal of a similar model and 2 small "Gondole" model liqueur glasses are included. Unsigned. 19th century. Reproduced in the 1916 catalog, page 20.

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