Alcohol carafe – Cristalleries Royales de Champagne

3408 – alcohol carafe – cristalleries royales de champagne classic, timeless, this beautiful and heavy alcohol carafe in plain crystal with its round grip stopper signed “cristalleries royales de champagne” in good condition. No cracks or chips. The photos are not to its advantage since it has not been cleaned. Base of the carafe with a thick bottom. Beautiful piece of old crystal. Height 280 mm X 105 mm. Weight 1410 g. Careful and tracked shipping. For information, in 1663 glassmakers from murano carrying manufacturing secrets called by minister colbert by order of king louis XIV took over a glassworks workshop in the faubourg saint antoine in paris. Her majesty, delighted by the work of one of them, jean baptiste mazzolay, through the mirrors of the hall of mirrors at versailles, ennobled him and gave him his letters patent in 1666. He founded the cristalleries royales de champagne in bayel (aube) under the aegis of the abbey of clairvaux and was the official supplier to the court until 1727. For 350 years, generations of glassmakers followed one another until its closure in 2016 by financière saint germain. The bayel crystal museum, created in 1994, traces the history of this factory with a beautiful collection including unique pieces from cartier, louis vuitton and many others.