Museum Collections

Wrought silver coffeepot; straight sides, seamed under the handle, tapered from the rounded base to the applied, stepped rim; body seated on a molded foot; hinged, molded, domed lid with a chased, "gadrooned" band around the center, floral chasing around the dome; turned pineapple finial; ebony s-scroll handle with silver handle socket scroll terminals, joined to the body with a scallop joint at the top and a four-leaf clover at the bottom; s-curve spout, cast in vertical halves, with elaborate foliate decoration all over the base and an acanthus pendant at the lip; chased scroll, foliate and cartouche designs all over the body; cartouche left of the handle engraved with the Ross family arms, a cross dividing four lions' heads; cartouche right of the handle bears the Ross family crest, a lion rampant from the waist up; maker's marks on the base.