The Harcourt Baccarat glass is the icon of house of Baccarat. An exceptional service which, through a “flat rib” cut, magnifies the effects of light in the emblematic Baccarat crystal.
Harcourt Baccarat Glass : iconic glass
Since its fondation in 1764, Baccarat crystal factory has been working and transforming molten magma at 2732 °F to stabilise the glass into precious pieces. The Harcourt glass is the emblem of the Baccarat style. And an absolute icon of French service
But if the curves of Harcourt glass draw their essence from those of Talma glass – Napoleon I’s favourite glass… It was in 1841 that the original design of Harcourt glass first appeared. And it was Louis-Philippe who asked the Baccarat craftsmen that year to make a ceremonial glass.
In 1841, the Baccart crystal craftsmen offer the sovereign the outline of an exceptional glass. A glass with a hexagonal base, reminiscent of the shape of France, a leg decorated with a red-tinted crystal button, the emblematic colour of the Baccarat label. A glass chalice whose success seems to lie in its plastic and stylistic qualities. A finesse in the cut, a purity of crystal, in short, an accepted nobility.
The French service comes to life in this Baccarat work, and in this Harcourt glass!
Behind the “crystal of kings”, the Baccarat crystal factory gives it this name in honour of one of its most illustrious customers. Pauline of Harcourt, named after one of the oldest aristocratic families established in Normandy as early as the 9th century, had already placed her trust in Baccarat in 1824 for her wedding service. In 1925, during the Universal Exhibition, Baccarat paid tribute to him and named the dinner service after this family – from then on, Harcourt glass could conquer the most beautiful tables!
The Harcourt glass plays with light, celebrates and reveres the robe of a noble nectar, bequeaths a sumptuous aura to the most modest of tables and transcends the simplest of dinners into a defining event. The Presidency of the French Republic uses it for dinners given outside the Elysée Palace, such as in the Hall of Mirrors at the Château de Versailles; it is present on the tables of the largest French embassies abroad, such as in the United States and England.
Its triple button leg and wide flat ribbed waistband have not been overtaken by aesthetic and domestic developments: the shape is still true to its original definition, and is still made identically today. And that is exactly why it is an ideal basis for experimentation by designers of all kinds. From Philippe Starck to Marcel Wanders, Harcourt glass never ceases to reinvent its sublime in line with the times!
An iconic glass and tableware set available for delivery here, at a price of 205 eur.