Topic: Who is the baccarat who signed this vase and how old?

[Ron]

Similar designs have been attributed to Mt. Washington/Smith Bros. on page 145 of The Collector'a Encyclopedia of American Art Glass by John A. Schuman III and pages 132 and 137 of The World of Salt Shakers, 2nd Edition by Mildred and Ralph Lechner. I currently have an unmarked pink vase with two birds and two circles listed on the main eBay site using these attributions. Now I have to wonder if, in fact, they are Baccarat?

[FINDINGinfo]

I have a pair of vases with Baccarat signed in brown.  They are a mottled green background with a bird on a branch looking up at a quarter-moon with a face (looking opposite directions), a branch on the back, are about 10.5 inches tall, and have a pedestal base with a 9. (I think or a small letter g with a dot to the bottom right).  I purchased them from an elderly woman in the late 1970’s and have always wondered if they were actually made and signed by Baccarat.  Did this question get completely answered?  Thanks

[tonyatl]

the vase which i initially posted was not made by baccarat - the famous crystal glass maker. the thread contains a couple of good suggestions for the manufacturer. if your vase looks anything like mine then read the thread to get the suggestions - i don't recall who they were but subsequent research confirmed the recommendations.

[FINDINGinfo]

Thanks for your quick response!

[Anne]

Welcome to the board. If you'd like to post pics of your piece in a new topic we can take a look and see if we can help pin it down for you. Help with posting pics is here: http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,6522.0.html but do shout if you get stuck and need help.

[Glasshound]

Mystery solved??...Here's some more food for thought on Baccarat "painted" pieces...I recently came across this compote which still has the Baccarat sticker on the polished pontil...Note that the painting "style" of the birds is nearly identical to the birds we see on many of these vases....

/Blair

[Glasshound]

Some more fuel for the fire!

[tonyatl]

i absolutely love this....although i was happy to conclude that the glass was not baccarat perhaps i was premature.....although i am no expert on glass, i have watched enough snooty ones claim that something couldn't be something because of some rationalizing reasoning which sounded good but was totally wrong....

i would have never guessed that baccarat produced anything like this.....not that it's bad but it is not what i think of when i think baccarat....my horizons have been expanded.....this post has turned out to be superb.....

[Frank]

Has anyone actually asked the Baccarat museum yet?