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PROPERTY OF THE LATE SIR ARTHUR GILBERT TO BE SOLD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GILBERT COLLECTION AT SOMERSET HOUSE
A FRENCH GOLD COFFEE POT AND STAND
MARK OF A. AUCOC, PARIS, CIRCA 1894, FIRST STANDARD
Details
A FRENCH GOLD COFFEE POT AND STAND
MARK OF A. AUCOC, PARIS, CIRCA 1894, FIRST STANDARD
The coffee pot baluster form, the lower body lobed, the upper body with chased strapwork on a matte ground, the hinged and domed cover with lobes and shell thumbpiece, and wood handle; the stand square with incurved corners, and chased with shells and scrolls, each engraved Grandmaster 1894, in a fitted case, each marked on reverse and coffee pot cover bezel, 18K
The coffee pot 6¼ in. (15.7 cm.) high, the stand 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) diameter; 26 oz. 10 dwt. (837 gr.) gross weight
MARK OF A. AUCOC, PARIS, CIRCA 1894, FIRST STANDARD
The coffee pot baluster form, the lower body lobed, the upper body with chased strapwork on a matte ground, the hinged and domed cover with lobes and shell thumbpiece, and wood handle; the stand square with incurved corners, and chased with shells and scrolls, each engraved Grandmaster 1894, in a fitted case, each marked on reverse and coffee pot cover bezel, 18K
The coffee pot 6¼ in. (15.7 cm.) high, the stand 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) diameter; 26 oz. 10 dwt. (837 gr.) gross weight
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 23 March 2000, lot 453