Description: A BACCARAT CUT GLASS AND GILDED BRONZE TANTALUS AND LIQUEUR SET, CIRCA 1890 Containing three decanters and stoppers and twelve liqueur glasses, the square-sectioned decanters cut with panels of fine diamonds between chamfered milled corners, with polygonal ball stoppers, the gilded bronze locking Tantalus stand including lyre-shaped ends embossed with torches, the central bar hung with a pivoting band of drapery and surmounted by a swan-neck handle, the openwork base plate modelled with classical ornament and further swans, the twelve cut liqueur glasses contained within the ormolu ornament at the base, 35.5cm overall length, 30cm high