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A LOUIS XVI SILVER COFFEE POT
Brussels, maker's mark unidentified (stuyck 1644), 1786
Raised on four foliate-capped bracket feet terminating at the body with cast lion masks, suspending beaded swags, the pear-shaped body chased to the lower section with panels of trailing foliage over a matted ground, the tapering upper section decorated with beaded swags suspending portrait medallions, tassels and acorns over a fluted ground, the short spout cast in the shape of a dogs' head with foliage below, and with S-scroll and foliate wooden handle, the domed cover with conforming conforming decoration and surmounted with a bud finial - 36cm high (1330gr)
Brussels, maker's mark unidentified (stuyck 1644), 1786
Raised on four foliate-capped bracket feet terminating at the body with cast lion masks, suspending beaded swags, the pear-shaped body chased to the lower section with panels of trailing foliage over a matted ground, the tapering upper section decorated with beaded swags suspending portrait medallions, tassels and acorns over a fluted ground, the short spout cast in the shape of a dogs' head with foliage below, and with S-scroll and foliate wooden handle, the domed cover with conforming conforming decoration and surmounted with a bud finial - 36cm high (1330gr)