Lot 279
  • 279

A set of eighteen French silver plates, Jean-Baptiste-Gustave Odiot, Paris, circa 1870

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
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Description

  • silver
  • Diam. 26 cm, 10 1/5  in.; 9.835 g., 316 oz 4 dwt
with ovolo borders, engraved with armoriales and the moto Rast Ich so rost Ich, each engraved under the base ODIOT A PARIS

Provenance

Sotheby's Paris, 15 April 2010, lot 138.

Condition

In overall good condition with usual scratches consistent with age and handling.
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Catalogue Note

The armorials are those of Frédéric Emile d'Erlanger (1831-1911), one of the most important bankers during the Second Empire. He first married Odette Lafitte, the grand-daughter of Emperor Napoléon III's Minister of Finances.