101 - Silver coffee pot, Empire style, resting on three claw-foot legs with palmette-shaped finials; the oval-shaped body is decorated with a frieze of lotus leaves and water leaves along the rim of the neck. The lid, edged with a beaded frieze, is topped by a seed resting on a leafy platform. The spout, with a leaf-shaped base, is finished with a stylized horse’s head. The handle is made of blackened wood.

Silver coffee pot, Empire style, resting on three claw-foot legs with palmette-shaped finials; the oval-shaped body is decorated with a frieze of lotus leaves and water leaves along the rim of the neck. The lid, edged with a beaded frieze, is topped by a seed resting on a leafy platform. The spout, with a leaf-shaped base, is finished with a stylized horse’s head. The handle is made of blackened wood. First-class silver hallmark for Paris, 1819–1838. 950 parts per thousand. Silversmith: PM. MATCHING SET A lidded sugar bowl and a cream pitcher in silver of a similar design. Minerva hallmark, 950 thousandths, after 1838. Silversmith: Emile PUIFORCAT. Total gross weight of the set: 1372 g. Appraiser: GTO Experts