Baccarat Glasshouse
French glass manufactory, founded 1764
Baccarat Glasshouse was founded at Baccarat near Lunéville in 1764. It was the largest maker of fine glasswares in France during most of the 19th century with its most notable period considered to be from 1822 to 1858. Baccarat became famous, in large part, for its prized millefiori paperweights.