A PAIR OF BACCARAT ACID-ETCHED AND GILT PINK CAMEO COOLERS, CIRCA 1867 |

of ovoid form with two loop handles and everted rim, decorated with classical figure between palmettes, within anthemion and scrollwork around the handles, 

Both coolers are in good appearance. One cooler with a minute rim chip. Some wear to gilded patterns on handles and rims, consistent with use.
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Decoration of this type was exhibited for the first time by Cristallerie de Baccarat in 1867 at the Paris Exposition Universelle, when an acid-blue punch service was included on their stand. The service is now in the collection of the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, illustrated by Jane Shadel Spillman, Glass from the World’s Fairs – 1851-1904, Corning Museum of Glass, exh. cat., 1986, p. 23, fig. 8. It is particularly rare to find coolers in pink, a near pair of coolers in blue was offered at Sotheby's Olympia, 17th December 2003, lot 64.