Antique French Sterling Silver Cut Glass Carafe Set Tumble Up Bedside Bonne Nuit

Belle Epoque era French sterling silver mounted cut glass 4-piece tumble up set, bedside carafe service, or «service de nuit verre d'eau». Stylish and functional, these hard to find "bonne nuit" sets are ideal for serving a nighttime refreshment lovely to display on a nightstand or dresser in the master or guest bedroom.This set comprising of a carafe, 'upside down' drinking glass tumbler (timbale), circular undertray and rare stoppered flask insert. Of quality cut glass with wheel cut fluting and engraved intaglios of neoclassical wreathes and ribbon bows. To the base of the tray and cup is a wheel cut starburst. Decorated with exquisite sterling silver mounts embellished in raised relief with a frieze of palmettes and scrolling foliage.Retains the glass vial flask insert, with its original sterling capped stopper. This part is often missing from these old tumble-up sets, and is ideal for adding a touch of flavored extract, herbal tonic, or perhaps a 'jigger' of liquor for a night cap