A PAIR OF FRENCH EMPIRE SILVER-GILT POT-A-CREME FROM THE MADAME MERE SERVICE
MARK OF JEAN-BAPTISTE-CLAUDE ODIOT, PARIS, 1798-1809
A PAIR OF FRENCH EMPIRE SILVER-GILT POT-A-CREME FROM THE MADAME MERE SERVICE MARK OF JEAN-BAPTISTE-CLAUDE ODIOT, PARIS, 1798-1809 Each vase-shaped and on spreading foot, the lower body chased with foliage, with bull's-mask handles, the detachable cover with foliage finial, the body applied twice and the cover applied once with the French Imperial arms above the initial 'M', each marked underneath, near rim and inside cover, each further struck on the foot, cover and near rim with later French tax mark 3½ in. (9 cm.) high 16 oz. 12 dwt. (423 gr.) The arms are those of Maria Letizia Ramolino, known as Madame Mére (1750-1836). (2)
A PAIR OF FRENCH EMPIRE SILVER-GILT POT-A-CREME FROM THE MADAME MERE SERVICE
MARK OF JEAN-BAPTISTE-CLAUDE ODIOT, PARIS, 1798-1809
A PAIR OF FRENCH EMPIRE SILVER-GILT POT-A-CREME FROM THE MADAME MERE SERVICE MARK OF JEAN-BAPTISTE-CLAUDE ODIOT, PARIS, 1798-1809 Each vase-shaped and on spreading foot, the lower body chased with foliage, with bull's-mask handles, the detachable cover with foliage finial, the body applied twice and the cover applied once with the French Imperial arms above the initial 'M', each marked underneath, near rim and inside cover, each further struck on the foot, cover and near rim with later French tax mark 3½ in. (9 cm.) high 16 oz. 12 dwt. (423 gr.) The arms are those of Maria Letizia Ramolino, known as Madame Mére (1750-1836). (2)
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