A FINE FRENCH SILVER-GILT WINE-COOLER

MAKER'S MARK OF JEAN-BABPTISTE-CLAUDE ODIOT, PARIS, 1819-1826

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A FINE FRENCH SILVER-GILT WINE-COOLER
MAKER'S MARK OF JEAN-BABPTISTE-CLAUDE ODIOT, PARIS, 1819-1826
Vase-shaped, on detachable circular gadrooned base, the lower part of the body with applied and chased palm and waterleaves, one side applied female centaur playing the double flutes, with Eros on her back holding a ball, the other with the centaur Chiron playing the lyre with Eros on his back playing the flute, the neck with band of vine foliage on matted ground between palm foliage and gadrooning, the bifurcated serpent handles rising from acanthus foliage, marked on base, rim and body
overall hight 34 cm. (13 5/8 in.) high
3539 gr. (114 oz.)

Lot Essay

The design for this cooler is close to that by Odiot for four important coolers in the celebrated Demidoff service of circa 1817. While the foot and handles are different, the applied decoration of centaurs with figures of Eros on their backs is identical. Odiot retains in their collection the original bronze models (see Christie's, New York, June, 14, 1982, lot 141). The design source has recently been identified as a print of a Roman frieze published by Bernard de Montfaucon, published in Paris 1719, (see A. Phillips and J. Sloane, Antiquity Revisted, English and French Silver-Gilt from the Collection of Audrey Love, London 1997, p. 12, fig. 9)

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