A FRENCH SILVER GILT DEMITASSE POT, maker's mark of Eugene Roussel-Doutre, Paris, circa 1880, Empire style, with frosted finish, vase form, on spreading circular base with beaded rims, lower section engine turned with radiating palmettes, die rolled shoulder, angular wood handle, eagle's bust spout, tongue and dart rims, the hinged raised cover topped by pineapple finial--6½in. (16.5cm.) high, gross weight 10oz.