GUSTAVE ODIOT – Set of Ten Dishes in Solid Silver 19th Century

Oval-shaped solid silver cruet/vinegar, terrace mounted on four spinning tops, comprising four crystal bottles, a sprinkler and a mustard bottle surrounded by a frame decorated with...

Square dish in solid silver, slightly semi-hollow, stepped rim mounted with a hammer, excellent quality. Dimensions: length 26.5 cm - width 25 cm - height 2 cm Material: 1st title ...

Antique late 19th Century French rare and important Empire style pair of solid silver dishes, each of circular form with very fine acanthus leaves borders and chased with a frieze of...

Pair of resin dishes in glazed terracotta. In the South West of France, the country named Landes was a poor country having very few natural resources, the inhabitants lived on meager harvests whose land was manured by their flocks of sheep. The Landais also exploited the resin of the maritime pine: it was collected at the foot of the tree using a very artisanal technique which offered low yields: tapping with “crot” (from the Gascon cròt: hole). To harvest the resin, ancient resin workers dug a hole at the foot of the pine, generally between the roots, which they lined with moss. The resin obtained, if it had not crystallized on the care before arriving at the base of the pine, was full of impurities: twigs, sand, insects, and it contained very little turpentine. A first progress was to put dishes at the bottom of these holes which made it possible to collect the resin with fewer impurities, In 1844, the resin pot...