A SET OF TWELVE FRENCH EMPIRE SILVER-GILT BUTTER-SHELLS
MARK OF JEAN-BAPTISTE-CLAUDE ODIOT, PARIS, 1798-1809
Each naturalistically formed as a shell, each marked underneath and on valve, each further struck with a later Austrian tax mark
3½ in. (9 cm.) wide
30 oz. 7 dwt. (945 gr.) (12)
A SET OF TWELVE FRENCH EMPIRE SILVER-GILT BUTTER-SHELLS
MARK OF JEAN-BAPTISTE-CLAUDE ODIOT, PARIS, 1798-1809
Each naturalistically formed as a shell, each marked underneath and on valve, each further struck with a later Austrian tax mark
3½ in. (9 cm.) wide
30 oz. 7 dwt. (945 gr.) (12)
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