Dish covers, coolers, soup tureens, salt cellars, pepper and mustard pots, sauceboats
Jean Baptiste Claude Odiot
c. 1819
Medium
gild
Dimensions
3530; 29.6; 16.2; 34.3
About this artwork
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Art Historical Context
Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot, a renowned French silversmith and bronzier, crafted this exquisite ensemble of tableware around 1819. The set includes dish covers, coolers, tureens, salt cell, pepper and mustard pots and sauceboats, all in gilded metal—likely a luxurious alloy finished with a gleaming gold surface, as indicated by the alloy. Measuring approximately 34.3 cm high, 29.6 cm wide, and 16.2 cm deep, with a substantial weight of about 3,530 grams, these pieces exemplify the opulence of early 19th-century French decorative arts. Created during the Bourbon Restoration under Louis XVIII, f...