A part set of Belgian cut table glass Liège, circa 1820

each piece cut overall with large diamonds, with slice-cut hexagonal stems and square feet, comprising eleven champagne flutes, eight sherry glasses, ten wine glasses, two smaller wine glasses and seven port glasses, seven liqueur glasses

Liège was the centre of the North European table glass industry until the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 when Belgium was briefly united with the Netherlands.

The most famous glasshouse in the region was that of Von Eche, which made glass both of soda metal and also in the English style using lead glass. By the early 19th century, they had a considerable production of cut glass in Le Style Anglais and this suite with its champagne flutes and other wine glasses on cut square bases is typical of their luxury production at the time.

The loss of Belgium meant that the owner Von Eche bought the long established, but rather small, company of Baccarat to enable him to continue his lucrative trade with the Paris retailers.