It is in an art deco pattern with knots and Egyptian-looking flower motifs. I could not find the pattern among Odiot's current ones.
The marks are:
1. On the front left, a diamond lozenge with an HT above a star and below what appears to be a crescent moon. Both are centered above the HT. I tried desperately to get a picture but could not. I thought it might be Henin but could not find a mark for them like this (or with the T). I also tried the French govt's silver hallmark website looking for makers that might have the HT initials, but also nothing. Does anyone know a maker that uses this mark? Is it perhaps not a French maker? But then why the Minerve?
2. On the front right, the Minerve mark in a rectangular lozenge with the cut-off corners.
3. On the back left of the spoon, what appears to be a grasshopper with a raised line crossing it (sorry, couldn't photograph either). It does not look like the weevil, though I cannot think of any other possibility; it is not the crab because the lozenge is a rectangular shape, and not the diamond rounded one usually around the crab. Is this an import mark, perhaps? If so, why is it not listed anywhere? Is there much variation in the weevil?
4. Finally, on the back stem of the spoon, the name 'Odiot' spelled out. It does not include 'a Paris' or a model number.
My questions, other than the identification of the marks, regard the juxtaposition of both the Odiot name and another silversmith's hallmark. Is this common?
Many thanks!
