A FINE FRENCH SILVER-GILT CRUET STAND
Lot 89 PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN COLLECTION

A FINE FRENCH SILVER-GILT CRUET STAND

MARK OF JEAN-BAPTISTE-CLAUDE ODIOT, PARIS, 1798-1809

Closed22 May 2008

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A FINE FRENCH SILVER-GILT CRUET STAND
MARK OF JEAN-BAPTISTE-CLAUDE ODIOT, PARIS, 1798-1809
Rectangular, on paw feet, the wreath-form bottle frames each supported by three winged amorini, the central plinth chased with anthemion and waterleaf, surmounted by a figure of winged Victory, holding wreaths of olives and grapevine, representing oil and vinegar, with two cut-glass bottles and stoppers, marked under base and on plinth
13¾ in. (34.8 cm.) high

Christie's, New York, 5 October 1983, lot 24

Specialist note

Design for a cruet after a model by Percier, 1800-1810, illustrated in Jean-Marie Pinçon, Odiot l'Orfèvre, 1990, no. 118, p. 83. Courtesy Olivier Gaube du Gers