An Italian silver coffee-pot
An Italian silver coffee-pot

NAPLES, LATE 17TH CENTURY, WITH ASSAY MASTER'S MARK A.A.C.

Details
An Italian silver coffee-pot
Naples, late 17th century, with Assay master's mark A.A.C.
Of lobed baluster form and on spreading circular foot, with leaf-capped and beaded winged demi-figure handle with grotesque mask terminal, the curved faceted spout rising from a bearded grotesque mask and with grotesque monster terminal, the hinged domed cover chased with lobes and with baluster finial, the body with alternating lobes and shells, marked on foot
9in. (23cm.) high
24ozs. (761gr.)
Provenance
Sotheby's London, 6 December 1979, lot 115
Literature
V. Brett, The Sotheby's Directory of Silver, London, 1986, no. 1845

Lot Essay

A ewer with similarly lobed and shell decorated body, and with demi-figure handle, is in the collection of Amalfi Cathedral and is illustrated in E. and C. Catello, Argenti Napoletani dal XVI al XIX Secolo, 1973, pl. XIII

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