Bidspirit auction | Pair of Baccarat Crystal Ducks

Pair of Baccarat Crystal Ducks - Marked as Baccarat on the bottom of both ducks.    Dimensions: 3” x 4 1/2”; 1 3/4” x 5”    Condition: Both ducks are in very good condition.    About: Baccarat was founded in Lorraine in 1764 but made window glass and tableware for its first fifty years; it became a crystal house in 1816, when Aime-Gabriel d'Artigues converted the works to lead crystal using English methods, and a service ordered by Charles X in 1828 began the royal commissions that still define the name. The Bestiaire line of crystal animals is a long-running part of the house's output, moulded and then hand-cut and hand-polished.