A NAPOLEON III TEA-SET

细节
A NAPOLEON III TEA-SET
by Charles-Nicolas and Gustave Odiot, Paris, 1860-1870

Comprising tea-kettle on stand and lamp, teapot, covered sugar-bowl and milk-jug, each with panels of stylised flowers on slightly matted ground, the covers with similar swirling panels, the kettle with swing handle chased with a frieze of similar flowers, the stand on four feet realistically chased with morning glory foliage and flowers, in two original boxes stamped Odiot Orfèvre à Paris.
kettle on stand with raised handle 46.5 cm high
(5,210 gr) (8)
来源
The wooden box containing the kettle and stand is inset with a brass plaque engraved LLW, for the family de Warocqué, from Belgium.

拍品专文

This set described by Odiot as au Chinois was created between 1860 and 1870 with a special method called au rongé. A similar set is illustrated in Odiot, l'Orfèvre, Olivier Gaube du Gers, nr 288.