Sale 7524
London
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12 - 13 December 2007
Price realised
GBP 3,000
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A FRENCH SILVER WATER-JUG MARK OF CHARLES-NICOLAS ODIOT, PARIS, 1819-38 Of baluster form, the scroll handle applied with leaf and lion-mask terminal, engraved with initials DB beneath a coronet with crowned eagles, marked underneath and near rim, the base further stamped 'ODIOT á PARIS' 8¼ in. (21 cm.) high 22 oz. (688 gr.)
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