sentences:  Louis XV authorized the creation of a glassworks in 1764 at the instigation of the Bishop of Metz who was anxious to sell the important local production of firewood.A glassworks named Antoine Renaut responded to the authorisation.The works became a crystal glassworks in 1817 and was sold to the "Compagnie des Cristalleries" in 1881 subsequently achieving worldwide fame under the name of Baccarat.