AN IMPORTANT AND MASSIVE FRENCH THREE-PIECE SILVER CENTREPIECE EXHIBITED AT THE PARIS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
MARK OF ODIOT, PARIS, CIRCA 1878
AN IMPORTANT AND MASSIVE FRENCH THREE-PIECE SILVER CENTREPIECE EXHIBITED AT THE PARIS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION MARK OF ODIOT, PARIS, CIRCA 1878 The central centrepiece oval and with openwork foliage scroll and shell cast base, supporting cast figures of Flora and Zephyr, reclining among putto, the two smaller centrepieces each supporting cast putto at play, each later applied with the Royal arms of Denmark accolé with the Royal arms of France, below cast crowns, marked on bases, the bases further stamped 'ODIOT A PARIS' and numbered 5416, 5417 and 5418 37½ in. (95 cm.) wide and 13½ in. (34 cm.) wide 1,419 oz. (44,136 gr.) The arms are the Royal arms of Denmark accolé with the Royal arms of France with a label for difference, presumably for Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1859-1939), youngest son of King Christian IX of Denmark, and his wife Princess Marie d'Orléans (1865-1909), eldest daughter of Robert, Duke de Chartres and his wife Princess Françoise d'Orleans (1844-1925), who he married in 1886. (3)
AN IMPORTANT AND MASSIVE FRENCH THREE-PIECE SILVER CENTREPIECE EXHIBITED AT THE PARIS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
MARK OF ODIOT, PARIS, CIRCA 1878
AN IMPORTANT AND MASSIVE FRENCH THREE-PIECE SILVER CENTREPIECE EXHIBITED AT THE PARIS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION MARK OF ODIOT, PARIS, CIRCA 1878 The central centrepiece oval and with openwork foliage scroll and shell cast base, supporting cast figures of Flora and Zephyr, reclining among putto, the two smaller centrepieces each supporting cast putto at play, each later applied with the Royal arms of Denmark accolé with the Royal arms of France, below cast crowns, marked on bases, the bases further stamped 'ODIOT A PARIS' and numbered 5416, 5417 and 5418 37½ in. (95 cm.) wide and 13½ in. (34 cm.) wide 1,419 oz. (44,136 gr.) The arms are the Royal arms of Denmark accolé with the Royal arms of France with a label for difference, presumably for Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1859-1939), youngest son of King Christian IX of Denmark, and his wife Princess Marie d'Orléans (1865-1909), eldest daughter of Robert, Duke de Chartres and his wife Princess Françoise d'Orleans (1844-1925), who he married in 1886. (3)
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