Escalier de Cristal A pair of Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted tuquoise glazed porcelain cassolettes Paris, circa 1875

each lid engraved Escalier de Cristal. Paris.

Overall in very good condition with the usual very minor tarnishing to gilt bronze.
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The Maison a l'Escalier de Cristal was established in 1802 by the widow Mme Désarnaud, née Marie-Jeanne-Rosalie Charpentier. The firm exhibited with great acclaim at the 1819 Exposition des Produits de l'Industrie held at the Louvre, Paris. The luxury store of A l'Escalier de Cristal supplied decorative works of art of the highest quality to the ruling families in Europe throughout the 19th century