74 - GABILLA PARFUMEUR & CRISTALLERIE DE BACCARAT – GEORGES CHEVALIER (1894–1987), DESIGNER OF THE MODEL

GABILLA PARFUMEUR & CRISTALLERIE DE BACCARAT – GEORGES CHEVALIER (1894–1987), DESIGNER OF THE MODEL My Talisman, extra-large version, model created around [1926] Base of the large eponymous bottle. Prototype in milky opaline crystal; partially accented with gold. 1920s–1930s. Sold without its stopper; scattered wear to the gilding on the shoulder. Marked “GABILLA Paris” in gold on the lower part; bears the circular stamp of the BACCARAT crystalworks beneath the base. H. 23 cm Bibliography: Various Authors – Baccarat: Perfume Bottles – Published by the Compagnie des Cristalleries de Baccarat and Hanri Addor & Associés, Paris, 1986. An identical or smaller model is reproduced on page 169 (ill. 621).