MARK OF JEAN-BAPTISTE-GUSTAVE ODIOT, PARIS, CIRCA 1870

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A PAIR OF MONUMENTAL FRENCH SILVER THIRTEEN-LIGHT CANDELABRA
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 center repousse 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 scrolled branches each of six lights, supporting foliate wax pans and partly fluted sockets, and with similar central light, fully marked and with retailer's stamp Odiot à Paris 6734
44 in. (112 cm.) high; 1,323 oz. (41, 435 gr.) (2)

Provenance

Christie's, London, 17 March 1999, lot 18

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 François 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 Museé de Compiegne, France.

CAPTION: Courtesy of the Odiot Archives

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