Coffeepot

Date1790-1791

Artist/Maker John Robins

MediumSilver (Sterling) and fruitwood.

DimensionsOH: 12" (30.3 cm.); OL: 10 11/16" (27 cm.); L. (base): 5 3/8" (13.5 cm.); W. (base): 3 11/16" (10 cm.).

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1958-456

DescriptionCast pineapple finial with lower leaves attached with nut and bolt through center top of cover; two-stage cover shaped oval plan with the face of both stages with broad flaring flutes outlined with delicate engraved borders; bezel of cover fitting within rim of body; urn-shaped body of shaped oval plan with applied reeded molding at rim divisions into alternate plain sections and one chased with vertical fluting; plain sections broadly shaped and engraved below rim with borders of running foliate design; body supported on pedestal foot flaring to large base of shaped oval plan with engraved border and sectioning; two-part cast spout octagonally paneled with medial banding and applied leaf form on lower part of body; scrolled fruitwood handle attached to body with upper socket of stylized leaf form and lower one of attenuated central form.
Label TextThis coffeepot of representative urn form was acquired with a matching sugar dish of the same year by John Robins (CWF accession 1958-457), as well as a teapot and cream pot of the same year by different makers (accessions 1958-458 and 1958-459). The latter two are engraved with the same decorative borders and the Piggot family crest.
InscribedCrest of the Piggot family engraved on face of cover.
MarkingsFully marked on underside of base (maker's mark "I.R" in block letters within a rectangle, leopard's head crowned, lion passant, and date letter on underside of base): maker's mark, lion passant, and sovereign's head on bezel of cover.
ProvenanceVendor: Garrard & Co. Ltd., London.