Coffee Pot
Attributed to
Charles (Frederick) Kandler I
(English, active 1727 - 1773)
Dateca. 1735
MediumSilver with wood
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/4 × 4 1/16 inches (23.5 × 10.32 cm)
Credit LineThe Folgers Coffee Silver Collection, Gift of The Procter & Gamble Company; Collected by Joseph S. Atha
Object numberF99-21/8
On View
On viewGallery Location
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DescriptionSilver coffee pot, pear-shaped with a convex panel on each side. The panels are decorated with flat chasing and a coat-of-arms (Ashby of Quenby in Leicestershire) at the center. The domed cover and foot are decorated to match the body. The cast and chased spout is in a swan neck form and ornamented with a large shell at its junction with the body, and an acanthus leaf on the upper extremity.Gallery LabelThe decorated panels of this pear-shaped pot by Charles Kandler, a German-born silversmith flourishing in London, are teeming with swirling scrolls, foliage and female masks. Rendered in flat chasing, a low-relief decorative technique, the dynamism of the design suggests the Rococo style, while the symmetry recalls the balance of the Baroque. The spout is cast in a swan's neck form and ornamented with a large shell where it joins the body. The coat of arms belongs to the Ashby family of Quenby in Leicestershire.
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