MAISON ODIOT (Prevost & Ci period, Para pater

gold-plated sterling silver (950) hallmarked (hallmark of the assay office with the head of Minerva and sample 1, maker's mark with the initials PR/Cie - in a diamond, MON ODIOT/PRÉVOST &CIE/5537 - stamped inside); height 6 cm, diameter 23.5 cm; weight 1305 g.
Paris, 1894-1906.
Platters supported on four legs - hoofed feet, topped at the base with acanthus leaves, the plates with a smooth mirror and a collar edged with a laurel half-rail with scrolls, decorated with rosettes inscribed in a circle and two blind reserves, alternating with a row of concave, slightly twisted ovals. On the bottom of the platters engraved No 98 /653 and No 99/656.
Founded in 1690, the Odiot company was in the hands of the Odiot family until 1906. The company owed its great prosperity to, among other things, numerous orders from Napoleon I. After the Emperor's fall, it successfully carried out orders from European courts and aristocracy. To this day, Maison Odiot is associated with luxury and elegance. The company's world-famous feature - "O / olive lamp" in a rhombus - appeared in 1826. In 1894, after Gustav Odiot formed a partnership with Emil Prevost and Paul Edouard Recipton on the initiative of Gustav Odiot, a new mark was registered - "PR / olive lamp / Cie", which was changed to "O / olive lamp / BSR" in 1906 after the succession of Boulenger (1906-1956) . In 1956, the 1826 trait was reverted to.