A pair of French silver thirteen-light candelabra

MAKER'S MARK OF JEAN-BAPTISTE-GUSTAVE ODIOT, PARIS, CIRCA 1870

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A pair of French silver thirteen-light candelabra
Maker's mark of Jean-Baptiste-Gustave Odiot, Paris, circa 1870
In the Louis XIV style, each on circular base, the border chased with running scrolls on matted ground with three plinths with scroll volutes above at intervals, the raised centre repouss and chased with three female bacchic masks on matted panels within laurel wreath band, the stem formed as three caryatids, two male and one female holding laurel oak and ivy garlands, the detachable two-tier acanthus-capped scroll branches of six lights, supporting foliate wax pans and partly fluted sockets, and with similar central light, fully marked, and with retailer's stamp ODIOT A PARIS 6734
44in. (112cm.) high
1,323ozs. (41.435gr.) (2)

Lot Essay

The design for these candelabra was commissioned as part of a large surtout de table for the Comtesse Furtado, circa 1865-1870. and executed by the sculptor Franois Gilbert. Odiot worked with Gilbert over a number of years and used many of his designs, especially for his grandest commissions. A similar service, in silvered bronze, is in the collection of the Muse de Compigne, France.

We are grateful to Olivier Gaube du Gers for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.

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