tures are a perennial favorite, as with the crystal polar
bear, smoothly rounded like ice. Of a different character
is the black gazelle, flaunting dramatically carved antlers.
Baccarat is many things, but above all it is synonymous
with sheer luxury. What object could be more luxurious
than the glorious champagne bucket seen here, its inner container and handles like liquid gold? In a different
mode, but equally sumptuous, is the set of four goblets, each inlaid with a cameo of a different color. These
might have been created by an artistic wit, like Marcel
Duchamp, exquisite ready-mades as fit for a Conceptual art display as for the table. On the other hand, these
goblets revel in history; they might have been created
for Cardinal Richelieu, Catherine the Great or Frederick
the Great.
Vega
Flutissimo
HYLAND
