Antique Hand Painted Intaglio Print, in Frame, Glassmakers, Diderot & d’Alembert Betjenmann A beautiful work of art

A beautiful work of art

The maker Geoffrey

Petersburg showing this same type/size 'carafon' in service at the formal dining table

there is some slight scratching to the told enamel but no larger chips

The outer border is rich with edelweiss

Antique Hand Painted Intaglio Print, in Frame, Glassmakers, Diderot & d’Alembert Betjenmann A beautiful work of artc. 1700s Original Intaglio book plate print, by Bent Fecit, illustrator for Plate depicting "Verrerie en bois" (glass making) from Diderot & d'Alembert Encyclopedia "Often called one of the greatest works of the Enlightenment and the 18th century, Diderot & d'Alembert's Encyclopedia  was as much a political work as an academic exercise. Inspired by the Cyclopaedia of Ephraim Chambers (first published 1728), they set out to create the first