The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 10, 2023

Ewer (aiguière)

c. 1817

Jean Baptiste Claude Odiot

(French)

France, 19th century

Silver gilt

Overall: 24.6 x 11.6 x 9.9 cm (9 11/16 x 4 9/16 x 3 7/8 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1980.183

Location

202 French Neoclassical Decorative Arts

Inscriptions

Inscription

[Excise mark for medium-sized work, Paris, 1809-1819, on edge of base]

Inscription

[Two maker's marks of Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot after the Revolution, inside foot]

Inscription

[Official assay mark for first standard silver, Paris, 1809-1819, near exterior upper rim]

Inscription

[Applied coat of arms of the count Alfred de la Chapelle, Seigneur of Morton and Beaulieu, Périgord “accolé” with an alternate version of de la Chapelle, exterior of foot]

Inscription

[Struck twice, interior foot]: "ODIOT"

Exhibition history

Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).

All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 23, 1994-January 8, 1995).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1980.183