Baccarat

Glassworks in Lorraine that became France’s foremost maker of crystal, known for chandeliers, glasses and paperweights.

The glassworks in the town of Baccarat in Lorraine was founded with royal permission and began making crystal in the early 19th century. It received early commissions from the French court and supplied kings and emperors.

At the world's fairs of the 19th century Baccarat showed enormous chandeliers and sculptures in crystal. The Harcourt glasses of 1841 and the millefiori paperweights became classics.

An acid-etched or moulded mark with the name, from the 1930s often a round mark with a decanter and two glasses.

• Glass
• Perfume bottles
• Harcourt