Odiot, modèle Chateaubriand

Odiot, modèle Chateaubriand
Important silver and vermeil housewife with rinceau decoration, chipped LB, comprising:
36 Silver table forks
12 silver table spoons
24 silver table knives Arget stainless
steel blade 24 vermeil
dessert fork 24 vermeil dessert knives stainless
steel blade 12 vermeil dessert spoons 12 silver
fish forks
12 silver
fish knives 12 vermeil ice cream scoops 12 vermeil
tea/coffee spoons Serving
pieces :
1 gilt grape chisel
2 gilt cheese knives stainless
steel blade 2 gilt ice cream scoops
1 gilt cake shovel
1 gilt fish shovel 2 gilt raout spoons
2 silver raouting spoons
3 silver serving forks
Weight of the 194 pieces : 11 168 grams (without the knives)
In a natural wooden box, inside covered with red

felt ODIOT A PARIS
Jean-Baptiste Claude Odiot (Paris, June 8, 1763 - Paris, May 23, 1850) was a French goldsmith, appointed to the court and family of Emperor Napoleon I. In this capacity, he received prestigious commissions from the Emperor and his family: the Sceptre and Sword of the Coronation, the cradle of the King of Rome, the immense services of Madame Mère and Pauline Borghese, the Emperor's field service.
He is the grandson of Jean Baptiste Gaspard Odiot, himself a goldsmith, creator of the House of Odiot, still active in 2013. Jean-Baptiste Claude was influenced by the return of classical Greek and Egyptian motifs found in the Directoire and Empire styles. The models created by Odiot at this time are marked by the frequent use of vermeil. His son Charles Nicolas Odiot (en) (1789-1868), who excelled in the rocaille style, succeeded his father and became the official supplier to Louis-Philippe and the royal family of Orleans. He is buried in the Père-Lachaise cemetery.
Born on July 9, 1823, GUSTAVE ODIOT took over from Jean-Baptiste and Charles Nicolas on August 16, 1856. He is the technician of the family. As his father did before him, he will break with the kind of manufacturing of Charles Nicolas and adapt to the kind of the Second Empire; Endowed with a perfect taste, he succeeds marvelously; he is filled with honor.
From 1862, a silver medal crowns his work at the London exhibition, then in 1867 it is a gold medal in Paris. At the 1878 exhibition he received a gold medal where he exhibited sumptuous silver pieces, candelabras, surtouts, massive crockery, all the luxury of the table.
The ODIOT house by its ties with the past and its fidelity to its origins to the merit of maintaining glorious traditions. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.