PROPERTY FROM A SWISS PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 255-263)
A PAIR OF FRENCH EMPIRE SILVER-GILT POT-A-CREME FROM THE MADAME MERE SERVICE

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

Price realised GBP 37,250
Estimate
GBP 5,000 – GBP 8,000
Closed: 31 May 2012
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A PAIR OF FRENCH EMPIRE SILVER-GILT POT-A-CREME FROM THE MADAME MERE SERVICE

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

Price realised GBP 37,250
Closed: 31 May 2012
Price realised GBP 37,250
Closed: 31 May 2012
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A PAIR OF FRENCH EMPIRE SILVER-GILT POT-A-CREME FROM THE MADAME MERE SERVICE
MARK OF JEAN-BAPTISTE-CLAUDE ODIOT, PARIS, 1798-1809
Each vase-shaped and on spreading foot, the lower body chased with foliage, with bull's-mask handles, the detachable cover with foliage finial, the body applied twice and the cover applied once with the French Imperial arms above the initial 'M', each marked underneath, near rim and inside cover, each further struck on the foot, cover and near rim with later French tax mark
3½ in. (9 cm.) high
16 oz. 12 dwt. (423 gr.)
The arms are those of Maria Letizia Ramolino, known as Madame Mére (1750-1836). (2)
Provenance
Maria Letizia Ramolino, known as Madame Mére (1750-1836), mother of Emperor Napoleon.
Probably Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 9 May 1968, lot 60.
Literature
Probably V. Brett, The Sotheby's Directory of Silver 1600-1940, London, 1986, p. 376-377, no. 1,792.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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