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Coffeepot

Date1740-1741

Artist/Maker Jonathan Fossey

OriginEngland, London

MediumSilver (Sterling)

DimensionsOH: 9 1/8" ; H to rim: 7 3/8"; D(top): 2 5/8" D(base): 4 9/16"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1954-520

DescriptionTapered cylindrical body with applied rim and base moldings, the leaf-encrusted swan spout set above middle of body. Reverse-scroll pearwood handle set in silver sockets, the upper conical, the lower scrolled with bud tip. Hinged to upper socket is lid with deeply molded sides and flat top centering a molded urn finial.
InscribedOwners' initials (R over D A) and weight engraved on underside of base.
MarkingsSide of body 3/4" below rim: black letter iF in shaped shield; lion passant; date letter "E" for 1740-1741; leopard's head crowned. Under lid: lion passant.
ProvenanceVendor: Garrard & Co. Ltd., London (purchased from C. J. Vander Ltd., London, 1953)