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A FRENCH SILVER COFFEE-POT
Avignon circa 1750, maker's mark of Joseph Virgile Vilhet
Baluster-shaped and on three splayed feet headed by oval panels, with fluted horizontally reeded spout and ebonized turned side handle, the hinged domed cover with scroll thumbpiece and berry-shaped finial, the side engraved with accolé coat-of-arms beneath marquis' coronet, marked under base - 22 cm (8¾ in) high
725 grs.
Avignon circa 1750, maker's mark of Joseph Virgile Vilhet
Baluster-shaped and on three splayed feet headed by oval panels, with fluted horizontally reeded spout and ebonized turned side handle, the hinged domed cover with scroll thumbpiece and berry-shaped finial, the side engraved with accolé coat-of-arms beneath marquis' coronet, marked under base - 22 cm (8¾ in) high
725 grs.