Allegory of Trade

Lot 6550 limit € 4.800

Silver, finely worked by hand, personification of commerce in antique-style robe with Mercury staff, enthroned on bale of goods, rs. hallmarked: ODIOT A PARIS and provided with the maker's mark as well as 2 x French marks and numbered, mounted on a red, octagonal marble base, figures H approx. 19 cm, around 1840, at that time Charles Odiot ran the business of the famous Parisian goldsmith family Odiot , his works are represented in numerous collections in France