Description
LILLE 1784 Silver tripod coffee pot, the feet with scrolls and fall of pearls, with attachments of a laurel crown surmounted by a swirling leaf, the spout enhanced by a laurel crown with pompon, the lid topped by a pomegranate on its terrace of leaves, engraved inside the name F. GOVAERT. The ribs alternate six flat sides and six doucines repincées towards the interior in reversed recall on the lid with doucine moulded of a row of pearls in its medium. Master goldsmith : Louis-François-Joseph DEVAUCENNE, received in 1778 Gross weight : 1263 g - height : 31,5 cm Marks: small hallmark of the master goldsmith (DV) under the three feet, on the spout, the lid and on the reverse side of his hallmark: FLDV Condition: repolished, very slight shock on a flat rib Literature: Approximate model of the same master goldsmith in the work of Nicole CARTIER, Les orfèvres de Lille, Tome II, page 785 - Lille 1789
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LILLE 1784 Silver tripod coffee pot, the feet with scrolls and fall of pearls, with attachments of a laurel crown surmounted by a swirling leaf, the spout enhanced by a laurel crown with pompon, the lid topped by a pomegranate on its terrace of leaves, engraved inside the name F. GOVAERT. The ribs alternate six flat sides and six doucines repincées towards the interior in reversed recall on the lid with doucine moulded of a row of pearls in its medium. Master goldsmith : Louis-François-Joseph DEVAUCENNE, received in 1778 Gross weight : 1263 g - height : 31,5 cm Marks: small hallmark of the master goldsmith (DV) under the three feet, on the spout, the lid and on the reverse side of his hallmark: FLDV Condition: repolished, very slight shock on a flat rib Literature: Approximate model of the same master goldsmith in the work of Nicole CARTIER, Les orfèvres de Lille, Tome II, page 785 - Lille 1789
