Odiot Sterling Silver

Rare and beautiful set of 18 place card or menu holders in sterling silver In the shape of a laurel wreath on a leafy flowerbed Minerva hallmark 1st title for 950/1000 purity silver ...

Tureen table centerpiece made in solid sterling silver by Odiot. Louis XVI style. 19th century production. Exceptional goldsmith's piece by its dimensions, its weight and its qu...

A Silver center of table that can be used as a jardinière. The center of the table rests on four hoofed feet. The collar presents a decoration of floral garlands; Roses, laurel folia...

Fantastic set of cutlery of the best of the best in silver French cutlery. 115 pieces Odiot Meissonnier .950 Sterling silver flatware, the dessert one finished in vermeil, comprising a set for twelve. Marked for Odiot with .950 standard Minerva. The Odiot mark is the O over the lamp. Pieces have a monogram that looks like JJC. 12 sterling silver dinner fork 12 sterling silver dinner knife 12 sterling silver dinner spoon 12 sterling silver fish fork 12 sterling silver fish knife 12 vermeil sterling silver dessert fork 12 vermeil sterling silver dessert knife, blade made of silver 12 vermeil sterling silver dessert spoon 12 vermeil sterling silver ice cream spoons 7 sterling silver serving cutlery Meissonnier: The asymmetrical decor of this pattern is typical of the Rocaille style, perfected under the reign of Louis XV. Rocaille, in Western architecture and decorative arts, 18th-century style featuring elaborately stylized shell-like, rocklike, and scroll motifs. Rocaille is one of the more prominent aspects of the Rococo style of architecture and decoration that developed in France during the reign of King Louis XV (1715–1774). The Rocaille style has been defined as a reaction both to the Classic rigidity of the waning Baroque style and to the new interest in nature and the natural sciences. In French, rocaille means “rubble,” or “pebbles,” and style rocaille is synonymous with Rococo. Rocaille is most often found in small pieces of furniture and household articles, especially in such personal items as snuffboxes and hand mirrors. In wall decorations of wood or plaster, rocaille features shells, pebbles, and scrolls as well as flower, fern, and coral forms, all emphasizing brief, asymmetric single or double curves. Originally the term was confined to the fanciful pierced shellwork of artificial grottoes in late Renaissance gardens. Odiot Founded in 1690, the House of Odiot gained notoriety during the reign of Louis XV with Jean-Baptiste Gaspard Odiot, one of the finest silversmiths of his time. Napoleon and the splendor of Empire period marked the beginning of a glorious chapter for the House of Odiot. Directed by the extraordinarily talented Jean-Baptiste Claude, Jean Baptiste Gaspard’s grandson, Odiot received many prestigious orders from the Emperor and his family, such as Napoleon’s coronation sword and scepter, the magnificent cradle for the King of Rome, immense dinner services for Napoleon’s mother, and his sister Pauline Borghèse, and the Emperor’s campaign dinner service. The virtuosity of Odiot’s creations at this time, heavily influenced by the return of the antique style, and the frequent use of silver-gilt, unquestionably place them amongst the best examples of French silverware. Odiot’s reputation spread far beyond the borders of the Empire to all the Courts of Europe. Charles Nicolas Odiot excelled in the revived rocaille style, and experimented with many new techniques, such as electroplating, which he brought back from England in 1824. He inherited the direction of Odiot in 1825 and was purveyor of silverware by appointment to His Majesty the King Louis-Philippe and to the Royal Family of Orleans. Charles Nicolas was succeeded by his son Gustave who received the most largest order ever placed with the House of Odiot: 3,000 pieces of solid gold flatware...