A cut crystal pitcher – Cristalleries Royales de Champagne

2890 – blown and cut crystal pitcher stamped “bayel cristal france with a crown” attributed to cristalleries royales de champagne in good condition. No cracks or chips. Parison cut with a pattern of stylized crosses cut in bevels. Crystal clear sound. Polished pontil trace. Height 201 mm X 174 mm with handle. Weight 1040 g. Careful and tracked shipping. For information, this royal manufacture in bayel crystals has more than 350 years of history. It was founded in 1666 by the master glassmaker jean-baptiste mazzolay with the authorization of king louis XIV. It is located in bayel (aube). It will close its doors definitively in 2016 with the last successor, holding haviland-daum. Prestigious contracts have been concluded with the cristalleries royales de champagne: the compagnie des wagons-lits, the ritz, the orient-express, the general de gaulle table, the élisée, the maison blanche, the paquebot france, hermès, louis vuitton, cartier, fabergé….