MARK OF JEAN-BAPTISTE-CLAUDE ODIOT, PARIS, 1809-1819

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A French silver-gilt coffee-cup and saucer
Mark of Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot, Paris, 1809-1819
The circular cup chased and applied with a band of laurel foliage and with foliage rim, the scroll handle with ram's mask and rosette terminals, the body applied with Medusa mask and flanked by winged flower bearing nymphs, the saucer with a band of laurel foliage and foliage rim, marked on body and saucer
the cup 3in. (8cm.) high
14oz. (458gr.) (2)

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Lot Essay

The original design for these cups appear in the Odiot design book as no. 302:

'dessin au trait pour une tasse et soucoupe mi creuse, molette lauriers - tasse sur pied bas mouluré feuilles d'eau, culot feuilles de lauriers, applique femme et zéphir, en haut molette lauriers, anse rinceau, attache tete de bélier'.

A set of twelve cups and saucers of the same design were sold Christie's London, 17 March 1999, lot 68

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