Coffee Pot
1865-1866 (made)
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From a tea service. The body is fluted with twenty chased panels of two alternating designs; one consisting of lozenge and pellet decoration with a single stylised flower where the body begins its outward curve; the other consisting of stylised acanthus motifs and an elongated lozenge and pellet design terminating in a shell at the moulded rim. The lid is fluted and chased with pellet decoration. The cast spout has matted panels some of which contain shell and floral motifs. The handle and finial are ivory.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, ivory handle and finial, raised and chased, hinged lid |
| Brief description | Silver, ivory, London hallmarks for 1865-66, mark of Robert Garrard II. |
| Physical description | From a tea service. The body is fluted with twenty chased panels of two alternating designs; one consisting of lozenge and pellet decoration with a single stylised flower where the body begins its outward curve; the other consisting of stylised acanthus motifs and an elongated lozenge and pellet design terminating in a shell at the moulded rim. The lid is fluted and chased with pellet decoration. The cast spout has matted panels some of which contain shell and floral motifs. The handle and finial are ivory. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | base: maker RG for Robert Garrard, leopard’s head, sterling, duty, date letter gothic K (1865-6), stamped Garrards Panton Street London, under lid: maker, sterling, date; nut: sterling |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mrs M. B. Dick |
| Object history | Acquisition RF: 72 / 3290 Bequest - Mrs M B Dick Resembles a late regence design used in the decoration of tea and coffee pots in the 1730s. |
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| Accession number | M.347-1975 |
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| Record created | March 3, 2004 |
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