Antique French ODIOT Hallmarked Sterling Silver 4pc Coffee & Tea Service, Set, Empire Style
Exquisite & rare antique to vintage French ODIOT hallmarked sterling silver 4pc coffee & tea set, a gorgeous service with coffee & teapot, covered sugar & creamer and all in remarkable condition with a French Empire style pattern including palmette & lion's paw cabriole style legs, amphora shaped bodies and figural spouts! Beautiful all! The set consists of a tall 30oz capacity coffee pot, 36oz tea pot, sugar caddy and creamer and all as near pristine as one could hope for. Overly heavy, too, the set has a total weight of 2236 grams or 72 troy ounces! Several spots on each bear the post-1878 French Minerve or Minerva hallmark, the tiny number "1" within those marks means they're all in .950 silver (95% pure so higher than the .925 standard for "sterling" silver). All pieces bear hallmarks for Maison ODIOT, this particular style was used between 1906-1956. Odiot, maker to royalty, highly sought after and long lauded for only the finest of the fine. A magnificent