Nécessaire de voyage en vermeil par Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot, Paris, 1809-1819

comprenant une écuelle couverte et son présentoir (ecuelle, cover and stand), une tasse et sa soucoupe (cup and saucer), un coquetier (egg cup), une salière et sa doublure (salt  with liner),      une cuillère de table (table spoon), une fourchette de table (table fork), une cuillère à thé (teaspoon), deux couteaux, l'un à lame en acier, l'autre en vermeil, les manches en nacre et vermeil (two mother of pearl-handled silver-gilt and steel bladed knives), dans un étui de cuir doublé de velours, chacune des pièces gravée du monogramme AMQ, la cuillère et la fourchette par Pierre-Benoit Lorillon, poinçon de maître illisible sur la cuillère à thé



In fitted velvet-lined leather bound case, all pieces and case contemporaneously initialled AMQ, spoon and fork  Pierre-Benoit Lorillon, Knives Charles Gavet, teaspoon illegible maker's mark

Property from an important European Collection

Some spotting to steel blade of one knife. minor scuffing to leather and velvet of case, silk cover restraints broken, General condition however is excellent, marks are clear, colour is good, very nice set.
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Les anses de l'ecuelle de ce nécessaire (voir illustration) sont un des motifs typiques et à succès d'Odiot, pour lequel deux dessins attribués au groupe d'Auguste Garneray fournissent une source d'inspiration probante. Auguste Garneray (1785-1824) était un des artistes principaux de l'atelier Odiot et ses dessins sont derrière les plus importants services réalisés par l'orfèvre, tels ceux du Comte Demidoff en 1817 ou bien de la Pincesse  Branisca en 1819. Ces dessins ( voir illustration) faisaient partie de la collection Odiot sous les numéros 158 et 159 avant que celle-ci ne soit acquise par le Musée des Arts Décoratifs. Le dessin no 158 prit forme en argent pour le Roi de Suède vers 1819- 1827, désormais conservée dans la collection royale de Suède. Voir Pinçon & Gaube du Gers, Odiot, Paris, 1990, p. 72.

The handle of the ecuelle in this necessaire (see illustration) is a typical and successful Odiot motif. Two drawings ascribed to Auguste Garneray Group, suggest where the inspiration for this figure came.  Auguste Garneray (1785-1824), was a principal artist in the Odiot workshop, and his drawings are behind some of the great Odiot services such as those for Count Demidoff and Princess Branisca of 1817 and 1819. These drawing (see illustration) formerly in the Odiot collection numbered 158 and 159 were recently purchased by the Musée des arts Décoratifs. Drawing no 158 is the same as a silver tureen made for the king of Sweden 1819/1827 now in the Swedish Royal Collection see:  Pinçon & Gaube du Gers, Odiot, Paris, 1990, p. 72.