Museum Collections

Spun and cast silver coffeepot in the Egyptian style with gilt decoration; matte-finished, circular urn-shaped body with a squared shoulder, a narrow cylindrical neck and a flared, applied, molded rim; matte-finished, hinged, low domed lid, incurved at the edge and surmounted by a gilt winged sphinx finial; squared strap handle with a cast, gilt female head with acanthus leaf crown on the side; fitted with six-sided ivory insulators; lower spear-head handle socket; top of handle attached to shoulder with a split scrolled flange; curved spout, cast in two pieces, with a chased, gilt thistle at the lower front and an applied, gilt acanthus leaf pendant at the lip; applied, cast, gilt pharaoh's heads between floral scrolls at the shoulder on the front and back; molded circular pedestal on four cast, gilt winged sphinx feet; engraved, "J/ R" overlapping; maker's marks on the base.