Lot Essay
A teapot by the same maker is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, illustrated in Faith Dennis, Three Centuries of French Domestic Silver, 1960, p. 294, fig. 464.
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SAINT-OMER, CIRCA 1750, MAKER'S MARK OF L.F. CROWNED (HELFT 482)
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A LOUIS XV PROVINCIAL SILVER COFFEE POT
Saint-Omer, circa 1750, maker's mark of L.F. crowned (Helft 482)
Pyriform on three scroll and leaf feet, the twelve-side body with a wood scroll handle and a short covered spout with a mask and rocaille, the conforming hinged cover with a floral finial, marked under base and cover
11 1/8in. (28.2cm.) high; 35oz. (1073gr.) gross weight
Saint-Omer, circa 1750, maker's mark of L.F. crowned (Helft 482)
Pyriform on three scroll and leaf feet, the twelve-side body with a wood scroll handle and a short covered spout with a mask and rocaille, the conforming hinged cover with a floral finial, marked under base and cover
11 1/8in. (28.2cm.) high; 35oz. (1073gr.) gross weight