Lot Essay
Cf. the very similar coffee pot in the Victoria and Albert Museum, illustrated by F. et N. Hervouët and Y. Bruneau, op.cit., p.69, no.3.14 a & b, and also by J. McClure Mudge, op.cit., p.102, pl.155; another example is in the Groninger Museum, illustrated by D. F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, op.cit., pl.128; cf. also the coffee pot formerly in the Ionides Collection, illustrated by D. Howard and J. Ayers, op.cit., vol.1, p.75, col.pl.33; and the coffee pot in the Hodroff Collection, illustrated in D.S.Howard 1994, op.cit., pl.167, p.154
The globular ball feet, resembling the triple globular feet frequently found on Scandinavian silver, suggest that this group of 'special commission' silver-shaped coffee-pots was made by order of either the Danish or Swedish East India Company. This shape was also copied in Delft faïence, see H. Havard, Histoire de la faïence de Delft, fig.52.
A similar coffee pot sold in these Rooms, 4 November 1991, lot 150
The globular ball feet, resembling the triple globular feet frequently found on Scandinavian silver, suggest that this group of 'special commission' silver-shaped coffee-pots was made by order of either the Danish or Swedish East India Company. This shape was also copied in Delft faïence, see H. Havard, Histoire de la faïence de Delft, fig.52.
A similar coffee pot sold in these Rooms, 4 November 1991, lot 150