Lot 121
  • 121

Service à moka sur son plateau en argent et vermeil, les neuf zarfs en porcelaine sur présentoir en argent et vermeil, par Jean-Baptiste-Gustave Odiot, Paris, vers 1870

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 EUR
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Description

  • Service à moka sur son plateau en argent et vermeil, les neuf zarfs en porcelaine sur présentoir en argent et vermeil, par Jean-Baptiste-Gustave Odiot, Paris, vers 1870
  • Haut. aiguière 31 cm, 2 902 g ; 12 1/4 in, 93oz 6dwt
dans le goût oriental, le plateau rond à bord chantourné et mouluré d'une frise de perles, le centre gravé SOUVENIR D'AMITIE A MR ET MADAME LOMBART / AMIRAL DE CHALLIE / CAPE DE VAISSEAU CTE D'HARCOURT COMMANDANT EGGLY/ JANVIER 1871, comprenant aussi une cafetière et neuf zarfs

Condition

mocha pot numbered 3852, tray 3853, good condition, clear and good marks; interesting set
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Catalogue Note

The inscription reads Souvenir D'amitie: A Mr et Madame Lombart/AMIRAL DE CHALLIE/Cape de Vaisseau Cte d'Harcourt:COMMANDANT EGGLY/JANVIER 1871

A wash drawing of this set by Edouard Récipon of about 1850 is illustrated in J-M Pinçon and O Gaube du Gers, Odiot L'orfevre, Brussels, 1990, pp 180/181