Lot Essay
The arms are a variation of those of family 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 cream-jug 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 applied mask of Bacchus and vacant wreaths and a band of engraved laurel foliage, with plain waisted neck and serpent handle, engraved with accolé arms beneath a Count's coronet, marked on base
18 cm. (7 in.) high
406 gr. (13 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 applied mask of Bacchus and vacant wreaths and a band of engraved laurel foliage, with plain waisted neck and serpent handle, engraved with accolé arms beneath a Count's coronet, marked on base
18 cm. (7 in.) high
406 gr. (13 oz.)
Provenance
Supplied to Count Nikolai Demidoff (1773-1867) between 1817 and 1819
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 lot 83
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 lot 83