French glass manufacturer founded in 1764 during the reign of Louis XV. Centred in Paris, they made fabulous chandeliers and table glass for royalty, and are still producing high quality glassware today.

Often now referred to as 'crystal', the glass was blown and shaped, then passed to a specialist cutter, who would polish and cut patterns to enhance its brilliance.

Cut glass in which a decorative ceramic object is embedded, often referred to as crystallo ceramie. Sulphides were first created in 18th century Bohemia but did not become widely popular until about 1820 when English glassmaker Apsley Pellatt refined the technique and began using a mixture of fine white china clay and supersilicate of potash to create paperweights, decanters, stoppers, scent bottles, pendants, and various ornamental tableware items. They often feature busts of royalty or contemporary celebrities.