A French silver four-piece tea and coffee-service with plated tray

MAKER'S MARK OF CHARLES-NICOLAS ODIOT, PARIS, 1825-1838

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A French silver four-piece tea and coffee-service with plated tray
Maker's mark of Charles-Nicolas Odiot, Paris, 1825-1838
In the English taste, comprising melon-shaped coffee-pot, teapot, two-handled sugar-bowl and cream-jug, each on four scroll and foliage feet, the shoulders chased with panels of flowers and foliage on matted ground, with scroll and foliage handles and leaf finials, together with a large plated two-handled tray en-suite, with foliage border and handles, each piece engraved with coat-of-arms, fully marked
The tray 72.5 cm. (28.5/8 in.) long
4,000 gr. (128 oz.) gross excluding tray (4)

Lot Essay

A similar six-piece silver-gilt tea-service with metal gilt tray made for Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince de Bénévent, was sold by Gallerie Koller, Zrich, May 1992.
This tea-service is a fine example of C.N. Odiot's interest in English designs following his training at Garrard's in London in the early 1820s.

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