Charles Nicolas Odiot
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CHARLES NICOLAS ODIOT,(d. 1869) son of Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot. He was a successor to the famous House of Odiot in 1827. He excelled in the rocaille style, and became the purveyor by appointment to His Majesty the King Louis-Philippe and to the Royal Family of Orleans.
He was considered one of the finest silversmiths of his time.
HE WAS LATER SUCCEEDED by his son Gustave who received the most important command ever to be accepted by the House of Odiot: 3000 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, a reign spanning over two centuries!
TODAY, Nicolas de La Morinière and Guy Bizot preside over the House of Odiot which continues its prestigeous voyage towards the future: continually creating noble pieces of exceptional technical and artistic quality, the company and its craftsmen remain at the summit of their art...
THE PRINCE DEMIDOFF (Demidov) SERVICE
The ODIOT DEMIDOFF Silver Service was designed under the supervision of Charles for Prince Paul Demidoff in 1831and is an excellent example of the Romantic Period;
Pictured here are pieces of the Demidoff pattern from the Sir John Antoniadis silver service by Odiot, now in the collection of the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center. A large set of this service is up for auction at an "Important Silver" sale at Sotheby's, Paris, in October 2007.
Odiot cutlery is made from an alloy of 925/1000 of pure silver and 75/10000 of copper. After initial stamping and processing and filing, each piece goes to the master silversmith to patiently draw out the fine details of each motif and pattern. Finally, the flatware is hand polished and eventually burnished to give it a fine patina. Today, new individual pieces of flatware from the House of Odiot may cost as much as $1,000 each.