A Large Baccarat Opaque-White Painted Glass Vase, Circa 1885

of baluster form and generous size, painted by Roussel, signed Roussel., with a vignette of a Bacchic scene with two male and female scantily clad figures flanking a shoulder length portrait bust of Bacchus, framed by large bushes of mixed flowers, the verso with a branch of holly and a Robin in flight, reserved on a bright blue ground, the sloping foot with a gilt-scroll border, gilt rims

height 24 5/8 in.

62.5 cm