Lot Essay
The arms are a variation of those de la Chapelle accolé with an alternate version of la Chapelle, as borne by Count Alfred de la Chapelle
MAKER'S MARK OF JEAN-BAPTISTE-CLAUDE ODIOT, PARIS, 1817-1819
Details
A fine French silver-gilt teapot from the Demidoff service
Maker's mark of Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot, Paris, 1817-1819
Vase-shaped, on spreading foot chased with palm foliage, the lower part of the body similarly chased, beneath an applied figure of the infant Bacchus riding a panther and holding a thyrsus and tazza with engraved band of laurel foliage above, the neck with applied rosettes, the flat detachable cover with bud finial, the spout capped by a lioness' mask, the handle formed as two entwined serpents, engraved on the cover circa 1863 with accolé arms beneath a Count's coronet, marked on base
17 cm. (6.1/2 in.) high
1,025 gr. (32 oz.)
Maker's mark of Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot, Paris, 1817-1819
Vase-shaped, on spreading foot chased with palm foliage, the lower part of the body similarly chased, beneath an applied figure of the infant Bacchus riding a panther and holding a thyrsus and tazza with engraved band of laurel foliage above, the neck with applied rosettes, the flat detachable cover with bud finial, the spout capped by a lioness' mask, the handle formed as two entwined serpents, engraved on the cover circa 1863 with accolé arms beneath a Count's coronet, marked on base
17 cm. (6.1/2 in.) high
1,025 gr. (32 oz.)
Provenance
Supplied to Count Nikolai Demidoff (1773-1867) between 1817 and 1820
Anatole Demidoff, Prince of San Donato (1812-1870), until probably circa 1863
Charles Frederick Hancock, London, 1863
Count Alfred de la Chapelle, Seigneur of Morton and Beaulieu, Périgord (1830-1914)
An English Gentleman of Title, the Anderson Galleries, New York, 15 December, 1928
See footnote to preceding lot
Anatole Demidoff, Prince of San Donato (1812-1870), until probably circa 1863
Charles Frederick Hancock, London, 1863
Count Alfred de la Chapelle, Seigneur of Morton and Beaulieu, Périgord (1830-1914)
An English Gentleman of Title, the Anderson Galleries, New York, 15 December, 1928
See footnote to preceding lot