Jean-Baptiste Claude Odiot
An Exquisite French Empire Silver-Gilt Sugar Bowl
Jean-Baptiste Claude Odiot
An Exquisite French Empire Silver-Gilt Sugar Bowl
Paris, 1798-1809
Maker’s mark of Jean Baptiste-Claude Odiot
Height: 27 cm, 10.6 in
Weight: 1,424 g, 45 oz 15 dwt
The triform altar base with a cup to symbolise Love’s Altar. The vase itself formed as a altar urn mounted on three monopodic satyrs legs with Bacchic Masks siiting on top and supporting the main body of the urn. The masks with swags of flowers swinging freely in between them. The urn with a band of rosettes. The cover with a Thyrsus tipped wand finial.
The House of Odiot was founded in 1690 by Jean-Baptiste Gaspard Odiot. The House rose to prominence under the extremely talented Jean-Baptiste Claude, Jean Baptiste Gaspard’s grandson. He received many prestigious orders from the Emperor, including Napoleon’s coronation sword and sceptre and the Emperor’s campaign dinner service. Odiot was particularly influenced by the antique style and created lavish displays in silver-gilt. Odiot’s reputation spread beyond the Empire to all the courts of Europe.
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