Bukkarat Chandleris – It is based on the natural color of the metal – brass – from which the metal parts are made.
To achieve a silver color, a layer of nickel or chrome is applied to the brass. Therefore, the silver surface is more expensive, more complicated to manufacture.
Baccarat Chandeliers
A luxurious chandelier with 24 bulbs will attract attention, especially with beautiful polished crystal parts. Elegant vases – so-called tulips – reflect and multiply their light around the bulbs. The bowl under the lamp and in the central part of the chandelier combines cut decoration with a sandblasted matte surface. The luster of the chandelier is further enhanced by perfectly polished Czech crystal pomace. The lamp is suitable for large representative rooms with high ceilings.
Aram bohemian chandelier in buckthorn style with a unique deep ind cut
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There were Expert Locus Four… No. 1 — Bakkerat Chandleris
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A tonte Four Dictionary Crystal Glass Chandelier, B. Bukkurt
We may use cookies and third-party tools to improve the product and/or service offering for ourselves or our partners, its relevance to you based on the products or pages you have visited on this website or other websites. In the first of a new series in which Christie’s experts reveal how they value works of art and objects, Giles Forster shares his checklist for this stunning Baccarat chandelier from around 1890.
French 24-light ormolu and cut glass chandelier, Baccarat, Paris, circa 1890. Height 60 inches. (152.5 cm); 33 inches (84 cm) diameter. Estimate: £30,000-50,000. Available at Collector: Silver and 19th Century Furniture, Sculptures and Works of Art 23 May at Christie’s London.
“Baccarat is the most famous name in glassmaking and the only one of the great 19th-century glassmakers still in business today,” explains Gilles Forster, a specialist in 19th-century furniture and sculpture at Christie’s London.
In 1764, French King Louis XV. Allowed the establishment of a glass factory in the city of Baccarat. In the 19th century it became the Compagnie des Cristalleries de Baccarat, producing objects that were and still are synonymous with luxury.
A large gilt bronze and crystal chandelier, Sigand B. Bakkert, Louis XVI style, Karachi 1880s 1890s
Baccarat drawing of a chandelier (circa 1880) shown above © Baccarat, Archives de la Production
In the mid-19th century, Baccarat discovered that adding nickel oxide to the manufacturing process created a completely pure product that mimicked precious rock crystal, without distortion. Baccarat glass was made of “crystal glass”, which, says Forster, “is highly prized not only for its unusual clarity, but also for its great strength and weight”. The term “crystal” may be used only for glass containing at least 24 percent lead oxide.
Many of Baccarat’s products in the 19th century were dinner services, perfume bottles, paperweights and decorative objects. The chandeliers were among the most expensive works of art produced by Baccarat – often made for exhibitions or simply commissioned from wealthy clients, such as the Czars of Russia, the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul and the Maharajas of India.
Baccarat chandeliers still made today are particularly valuable, with the best examples dating back to the late 19th century, when Baccarat attached its “crystal glass” to gilded bronze – or “ormolu” – sculptural brackets.
Mille notices suspensions
The ormole mounted cherubs on this chandelier mark it as one of the most desirable examples of the 19th century. French 24-light ormolu and cut-glass chandelier, by Baccarat, Paris, circa 1890. Height 60 inches (152.5 cm); 33 inches (84 cm) diameter. Estimate: £30,000-50,000. Available at The Collector: Silver and 19th-Century Furniture, Sculpture and Works of Art on 23 May 2019 at Christie’s, London.
The best and most sought-after baccarat chandeliers from this period have sculptural figures in gilt bronze or ormolu, such as the cherubs holding candlestick branches in the example above.
To create such elaborate and precious works of art, Baccarat collaborated with sculptors such as François Hippolyte Moreau (1832-1927) and Ormolu bronze foundries such as Thiébaut Frères. The combination of Baccarat glass with gilded bronze makes this chandelier more desirable than plain glass examples and rare.
“I always look at the quality of the castings of Mount Ormolu,” explains Forster. “They have to be cast into jointed pieces before gilding and surface treatment, so I look for traces of visible joints under the gilding, between the arms and the strokes of the figures.”
Buckart Chandler Showcase — Somin Kim
Forster also looks for “the quality of the inner details—how the surface is machined, or machined, as it’s called after casting.” This can be seen in the refinement of faces and hands – fingers on palms should be distinct, and faces should be animated but life-like with defined features.
With chandeliers, it is inevitable that some glass drops and pendants will be lost, replaced or moved, as the chains and drops must be removed and re-hung each time they are moved.
“I try to make sure most of the glass is original,” says the expert. “Baccarat glass is blown and hand-carved with great skill. You can see this especially in the slight irregularity around the perimeter of the teardrop-shaped pendant.”
A glass cutter’s work is as efficient as a glass blower’s. “Crystals are carved into a small depth like a sculpture by holding the glass on a rotating wheel of sandstone or diamond,” Forster explains.
Antique Buckcrat Chandler
“In Baccarat, I look at the weight of the glass,” explains Forster. “It should be heavy in the hand, with a color like rock crystal, offering a slight black refraction when you look at it. The black tint and exquisite cut of Baccarat glass diffuses the light in a particularly attractive way, giving it a diamond-like sparkle.”
Forster also looks for markings, stamps, and signatures to establish authenticity and accurately estimate the date. “You often see a white engraved mark on Baccarat glassware. On chandeliers, it’s often done in molded capitals on drip pans,” he says. In gilt bronze, the Baccarat mark shows a decanter between a wine glass and a goblet (as shown below).
A gilt bronze – or bump – chandelier on a solid glass ball base is signed Baccarat, with a cafe depicted between wine glasses and goblets.
This Baccarat chandelier is available at Collector’s: Silver and 19th-Century Furniture, Sculpture and Works of Art at Christie’s London on 23 May. Estimate: £30,000-50,000