Cruet frame (one of a pair) by Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot

Cruet frame (one of a pair) 1812 - 1822

silver, metalwork-silver, sculpture

natural stone pattern

3d sculpting

3d model

silver

3d printed part

sculpture

sculptural image

metalwork-silver

unrealistic statue

3d shape

stoneware

sculpture

3d modeling

decorative-art

This cruet frame, crafted by the renowned French silversmith Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot between 1812 and 1822, exemplifies the opulence and refined taste of the Empire style. The frame features a central figure of a winged youth holding a caduceus, the symbol of Mercury, atop a base adorned with griffins. Two crystal cruets with ornate cut glass stand on either side, further enhancing the frame's grandeur. The ornate detail and symbolic imagery of this piece, now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, exemplify the neoclassical revival that characterized the Empire era.