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JEAN-BAPTISTE-CLAUDE ODIOT (1763–1850)

Standing bowl

1798 - 1816

RCIN 51069

These decorative bowls were said to have been modelled on the breast of Venus, although the more likely model was Napoleon's sister Pauline Borghese. The Prince Regent acquired both bowls and one stand in 1815 and commissioned a second stand to match the following year.
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    EAJ, p. 152 (EAJ : Jones, E.A., 1911. The Gold and Silver of Windsor Castle, Letchworth)


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