A MASSIVE FRENCH SILVER JARDINIERE CENTERPIECE MARK OF CHARLES-NICOLAS ODIOT, PARIS, MID 19TH-CENTURY

Of boat shape with undulating rim, supported on four leafy branch buttress supports terminating at upper rim in flower buds and blossoms, the openwork body similarly cast with scrolling flower and foliage, removable silver liner with vine-wrapped branch rim and engraved in center with Egyptian heraldry, marked on underside of bowl and liner and with French export mark for 1840-1878
261⁄2 in. (67.4 cm.) long
391 oz. (12,160 gr.)

Provenance
Isma'il Pasha (1830-1895) Khédive of Egypt and conqueror of Sudan (1863-1879).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 19 May 1998, lot 45.