Baccarat Collection

Chemin de fer (Railway) gambling game, 1898. Creator: Bigot, Georges (1860-1927)
Chemin de fer (Railway) gambling game, 1898. Private Collection

Poster, Municipal Casino, Algiers, Algeria
Poster, Municipal Casino, Aletti, Algiers, Algeria

Royal Baccarat Scandal 1891
Sketches in the court case of the Royal Baccarat Scandal. British gambling scandal, known as the Tranby Croft affair of the late 19th century

Baccarat (litho)
3620552 Baccarat (litho) by Legrand, Louis Auguste Mathieu (1863-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Baccarat.); © Look and Learn

Shapiro Award presented to Sally Ride, 2004. Creator: Baccarat
Shapiro Award presented to Sally Ride, 2004. This glass bowl was presented to Dr. Sally K. Ride in October 2004. The award honors Joseph Shapiro

Baccarat faceted butterfly and blossom weight, mid 19th century (glass)
blossom, insect, circular, flower, ornamental, weight, ornament, paperweight, faceted, light, colourful, heavy, bright, decorated, butterfly, decorative, round, millefiori, objet de vertu, baccarat

Sketch by Fish of gamblers at the casino in Etretat, 1926
Sketch by Fish of gamblers at the casino in Etretat, Normandy, 1926 Date: 1926

In the witness box William Gordon-Cumming a decorated lieutenant colonel in the Scots Guards, was accused of cheating at baccarat, during a house party in September 1890

A group of St. Louis concentric Millefiori weights (glass)
1765131 A group of St. Louis concentric Millefiori weights (glass) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A group of St)

Baccarat butterfly and flower weight, the insect with deep purple body and antennae
CH441552 Baccarat butterfly and flower weight, the insect with deep purple body and antennae, multi-coloured wings (glass)

BACCARAT PLAYERS 1891
The Baccarat Scandal at Tranby Croft. Date: 1891

EDWARD VII 1891
The Baccarat Scandal at Tranby Croft Date: 1891

WILLIAM GORDON-CUMMING
Sir WILLIAM GORDON-CUMMING (1854 - 1921), Distinguished soldier, his career destroyed when he was accused of cheating at cards in the Baccarat scandal, at Tranby Croft, 1890. Date: 1880

The Eliseyev store in Moscow. Interior of the Baccarat section. Private Collection

Baccharah vue sur l Eglise Charles Marville
Baccharah: vue sur l Eglise; Charles Marville (French, 1813 - 1879), Louis Desire Blanquart-Evrard (French, 1802 - 1872); Baccarat, France; 1853 - 1854; Salted paper print; 35.4 x 25.4 cm (13 15)

Royal Baccarat Scandal 1891
British gambling scandal, known as the Tranby Croft affair of the late 19th century, showing Sir William Gordon-Cumming and Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) in court

William Gordon-Cumming
Sir WILLIAM GORDON-CUMMING Distinguished soldier, his career destroyed when he was accused of cheating at cards in the Baccarat scandal, at Tranby Croft, 1890. Date: 1854 - 1921

E Lycett-Green
E LYCETT-GREEN Fox-hunter and gambler from Yorkshire, one of the witnesses in the Tranby Croft baccarat scandal who testified to Gordon-Cummings cheating. Date: circa 1892

THE BACCARAT CASE: The Defendants and their Supporters

The Baccarat Case: Sir W. Gordon-Cumming in the Witness Box

SIR W. GORDON-CUMMING, BART. The Plaintiff in the Baccarat Case

One of the museum piece giant candelabra and crystal chair and table, collectors item made for maharajas and sheiks. At The Baccarat museum at the Hotel de Noailles in Paris

Crystal chandeliers decorating the main hall of Galerie-Musee Baccarat. Paris. France

The main hall of Galerie-Musee Baccarat. Paris. France

CHANEL PLATE, 1975. Crystal glass plate engraved with scissors designed by Coco Chanel, made by Baccarat Crystal

Heads Up- Tails Down by Howard K. Elcock
An impression of the famous Roulette Room in the Casino at Monte Carlo. Although baccarat and other games of chance are played

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