Wine glass
Baccarat
Category
Glass
Date
1911
Materials
Glass
Place of origin
Paris
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 607514
Summary
A part set of ten wine glasses, ten sherry glasses and ten finger bowls. Decorated with engraved floral swags tied with ribbons, E of T monogram and coronet, highlighted in gilt. Gilt line borders to rim and base. Part of a much larger set made by Baccarat of Paris, commissioned for Tatton Park in 1911 by Alan de Tatton Egerton, 3rd Baron Egerton of Tatton.
Provenance
Egerton Collection: commissioned by Alan de Tatton Egerton, 3rd Baron Egerton (1845-1920). By descent to the National Trust by bequest from Maurice, 4th Baron Egerton of Tatton (1874-1958) with the house, gardens and contents of Tatton Park.
Marks and inscriptions
E of T (engraved and picked out in gilt below a coronet)
Makers and roles
Baccarat