A FRENCH SILVER-GILT TEA URN
A FRENCH SILVER-GILT TEA URN

MARK OF JEAN-BAPTISTE-CLAUDE ODIOT, PARIS, 1798-1809

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A FRENCH SILVER-GILT TEA URN
MARK OF JEAN-BAPTISTE-CLAUDE ODIOT, PARIS, 1798-1809
Oviform, on a shaped triangular base on three ball feet, the body applied with classical profiles of a man and woman above a Roman lamp and arrow, the tap with mother-of-pearl finial, the shoulder engraved with a band of foliage, the scroll handles with mother-of-pearl and satyr masks (one missing), the cover with a bud finial, marked on base, body, and burner, the later cover with Russian hallmarks
16 in. (40.5 cm.) high

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