French Empire fountain, Paris, 1817 (silver gilt)

Demidoff dinner service THE APPLIED ARMS WITH MARK OF CHARLES FREDERICK HANCOCK, LONDON, 1863 On partly-fluted square base, with egg and dart cast knop, the campana-shaped body applied with a procession of classical bacchic figures surrounding Bacchus being drawn by panthers in his chariot, with leaf-capped scroll and dolphin mask handles, applied below the rim with a band of trailing vines, the slightly domed cover with bud and foliage finial, with lion cast spout and mother-of-pearl mother gilt metal tap, the plain liner with drop ring handles, the cover applied with two coats-of-arms accolé below a coronet, marked under base, on base, near rim, inside cover and under liner, the base and inside cover further stamped 'J. Bbte. Cde. Odiot', liner further stamped 'Odiot', the coats-of-arms each marked underneath 20 in. (51 cm.) high