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A LOUIS XV SILVER COFFEE POT
MAKER'S MARK OF PIERRE ADRIEN II, SAINTES, 1781
Baluster, on three pad scroll feet, with side turned wood handle and hinged domed cover with shaped thumbpiece and surmounted by a foliate ball finial, marked under base and on cover with town mark R against a tower (cf. Helft, 1035a), charge mark for Jurisdiction of La Rochelle (Helft, 1034b), and maker's mark--6½in.(16.5cm.) high
(gross weight 11oz., 343gr.)
MAKER'S MARK OF PIERRE ADRIEN II, SAINTES, 1781
Baluster, on three pad scroll feet, with side turned wood handle and hinged domed cover with shaped thumbpiece and surmounted by a foliate ball finial, marked under base and on cover with town mark R against a tower (cf. Helft, 1035a), charge mark for Jurisdiction of La Rochelle (Helft, 1034b), and maker's mark--6½in.(16.5cm.) high
(gross weight 11oz., 343gr.)