#6234 • Cut Crystal Bowl by Saint-Louis, France, 3″ H

Part of The Royal McLean Mansion Downsized: Property of a Princess · Furniture & Decor · Lalique · Rugs · Fine Art (live auction by Prime Auction Solutions)

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A heavy hand-cut lead crystal bowl by Cristallerie Saint-Louis, France's oldest crystal manufactory, whose origins trace to 1586 and which received its royal warrant as a "Verrerie Royale" from Louis XV in 1767. The circular bowl is deeply cut with a band of tapering almond/panel flutes around the sides rising from a brilliant radiating star-cut base, the facets throwing light in the crisp, prismatic manner that has made Saint-Louis a byword for French luxury crystal for centuries. A weighty, well-proportioned centerpiece or fruit bowl of excellent clarity. Retains the black and gilt "Saint Louis / Cristal France / 1767" foil label to the interior, and bears the acid-etched "Saint Louis France" roundel mark to the center of the base. Measures 7 × 7 × 3″.