Very Large RARE Baccarat Opaline Vase by Jean Francois Robert

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Very Large RARE Baccarat Opaline Vase by Jean Francois Robert with Hand Painted with Flowers. 

Opaline Vases of this Period are Typically Decorated with Flowers, Subjects such as Birds are Extremely Rare. 

The Central Design is Hand Painted with Several Large Polychrome Flowers and Leaves.

The Flowers are Large and Extremely Detailed and Well Painted. 

Jean-Francois Robert who Developed a Technique for Painting on Glass in the 1830's and Patented the Process. 

Formerly a Painter at the Sevres Porcelain, he set up a Workshop in Sevres and was Commissioned to Paint Opaline Glass for Baccarat.