Coffeepot

Coffeepot
Object name 
Coffeepot
Date 
ca. 1830
Medium 
Silver
Dimensions 
Overall: 9 1/4 x 12 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. ( 23.5 x 31.8 x 14 cm ) Silver Weight: 38 oz (troy) 8 dwt (1194 g)
Description 
Wrought silver coffeepot; oval, boat-shaped body with bulbous gadrooning around the lower body, set on four hollow, cast and chased bird claw and ball feet with chased feathers over the area where they are applied; flared to an applied, band of die-rolled rose garlands; band below a convex shoulder with an applied, vertical die-rolled egg and dart band; hinged, arched lid with a small raised dome; cast and chased bird finial; high, curved bird's head spouts with a notched lip; scrolled, cast and chased silver handle; scrolled, acanthus design handle sockets fitted with ebony insulators; engraved with a three leaf clover over a bar at the back center; engraved initials, "JMC" in script at front center; maker's mark on the base.
Credit Line 
Gift of Pintard Fellows
Object Number 
1971.103b
Marks 
stamped: on base: "W. Thomson" in script, in a rectangle engraved: at front center: "JMC" in script
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