A Louis Xv Silver Coffee-Pot

Pear-shaped on three acanthus foliage and scroll feet, the spirally fluted body enhanced on the lower part with lobed flutes, each encircled with matted band, the short spout formed from overlapping coffee plant leaves with scattered coffee berries on the base of the spout, the spirally fluted part-wood handle similarly formed; the wood section of baluster form and with band of carved geometric ornaments; the hinged domed cover with reed-and-tie rim beneath a gadrooned border, the bud finial resting on a fluted calyx, marked on underside and cover with charge, date-letter (q) and maker; on upper rim: decharge for objects going abroad in use from 1756-1762; later French control mark on scroll foot and cover rim

Estimación:479.358,40€

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