Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot
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Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot (1763–1850) was a French silversmith working in the neoclassical style.
Business
Maison Odiot, in English "House of Odiot", was established in 1690, during the reign of Louis XIV by Jean-Baptiste Gaspard Odiot, considered a fine silversmith.
Emperor
Jean-Baptiste Claude was influenced by the return of the classical Greek and Egyptian motifs as expressed in the
Charles Nicolas Odiot, who excelled in the rocaille style, succeeded his father and became the purveyor by appointment to His Majesty the King Louis-Philippe and to the Royal Family of Orleans. He was later succeeded by his son Gustave who received the House of Odiot's most important commission ever, id est, 3,000 pieces of solid gold flatware for Saïd Pacha, the Viceroy of Egypt. He later became the purveyor by appointment to the court of His Imperial Majesty the Tsar. Gustave was also the last member of the Odiot family to preside over the company.
Works
The only surviving work by him dating from before the
In 1802 he was awarded a gold medal in the third Exposition de l’Industrie in Paris. He executed a travelling service (c. 1795–1809) for Napoleon and a large table service (1798–1809; Munich, Residenz) for
Cradle of the King of Rome
Among the most prominent commissions received by Odiot, was the
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