Description
Small coffee pot in vermeil called mignonnette, of baluster form with flat bottom; the spout and the grip of the lid with doucine, decorated with leaves and seeds of coffee tree, the twisted handle in ebony; in the lid, mark in ink of the collection David-Weill: D.W-36 / 10. Hallmark of the Master goldsmith Guislain DESRUELLE, received in 1776-1777. Arras, 1780-1781. Height : 8 cm - Weight (without the handle) : 92,91 g Small wear to the vermeil. Provenance : Collection David-Weill, sale Palais Galliera, Paris, June 4, 1971, Lot 99. Bibliography : Nicole CARTIER, L'Orfèvrerie de la Jurande d'Arras, Editions Mordacq, Aire- sur- la- lys, 1983, reproduced and described p. 144. These models of spouts with a coffee tree decoration were previously made by François-Thomas GERMAIN and Antoine BOULLIER.
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Small coffee pot in vermeil called mignonnette, of baluster form with flat bottom; the spout and the grip of the lid with doucine, decorated with leaves and seeds of coffee tree, the twisted handle in ebony; in the lid, mark in ink of the collection David-Weill: D.W-36 / 10. Hallmark of the Master goldsmith Guislain DESRUELLE, received in 1776-1777. Arras, 1780-1781. Height : 8 cm - Weight (without the handle) : 92,91 g Small wear to the vermeil. Provenance : Collection David-Weill, sale Palais Galliera, Paris, June 4, 1971, Lot 99. Bibliography : Nicole CARTIER, L'Orfèvrerie de la Jurande d'Arras, Editions Mordacq, Aire- sur- la- lys, 1983, reproduced and described p. 144. These models of spouts with a coffee tree decoration were previously made by François-Thomas GERMAIN and Antoine BOULLIER.
