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A Neo-Renaissance-inspired silver (950°/°°) dinner service d…
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A Neo-Renaissance-inspired silver (950°/°°) dinner service d…
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Estimate €6,000 - €8,000
Voluntary lot
Description
A Neo-Renaissance-inspired silver (950°/°°) dinner service decorated with double fillets, scrolls, clasps, cut-out leathers and stylised grimacing masks.
It comprises :
-eighty-four large place settings
-twenty-four large knives, the handles in corked silver, the blades in steel marked Odiot.
Preserved in their original wooden case, sheathed in red kid leather and marked "Odiot, orfèvre du Roi, Paris".
Goldsmith: François Laslier, goldsmith specialising in cutlery, registered in 1836 and ceased in 1858.
Subcontracted to Odiot in Paris.
Made in Paris, 1838-1848.
Weight : 4440g
Gross weight of the knives: 2232g
Under the direction of Charles-Nicolas Odiot, the House of Odiot achieved a degree of influence in the 19th century that placed it among the most prestigious goldsmiths' workshops in Europe. Heir to a family tradition firmly established since the end of the XVIIᵉ century, Charles-Nicolas knew how to adapt the company's production to changes in aristocratic and princely taste, reconciling the heritage of the Empire style with the revival of rocaille, neo-baroque and neo-renaissance forms. Appointed official supplier to Louis-Philippe I and the Orléans family, he helped to make goldsmithing an instrument for representing power and social prestige. His creations are distinguished by a very high quality of execution, a remarkable variety of ornamentation and a technical mastery that testify to the maintenance of traditional French skills against a backdrop of gradual modernisation of production.
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