Lot Essay
A similar coffee pot with marks of Neuchatel, with the same distinctive finial to the spout-cap is in the Schweizerisches Landesmuseum, Zurich and illustrated in ibid, no. 330.
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A SWISS SILVER COFFEE POT
CIRCA 1760, MAKER'S MARK ?IW (cf. GRUBER, WELTLICHES SILBER, NO. 220)
Of baluster form, on three scroll feet, with wood scroll handle, the scroll spout with a hinged flat cap, the hinged domed cover surmounted by a baluster finial issuing from a fluted calyx, marked under base, also struck with later French import control marks--7 3/4in. (19.6cm.) high
(gross weight 15 oz.)
CIRCA 1760, MAKER'S MARK ?IW (cf. GRUBER, WELTLICHES SILBER, NO. 220)
Of baluster form, on three scroll feet, with wood scroll handle, the scroll spout with a hinged flat cap, the hinged domed cover surmounted by a baluster finial issuing from a fluted calyx, marked under base, also struck with later French import control marks--7 3/4in. (19.6cm.) high
(gross weight 15 oz.)