Coffee Pot
Artist
David Willaume II
(English, 1692 - 1761)
Date1744
MediumSilver with wood
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/4 inches (23.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Folgers Coffee Silver Collection, Gift of The Procter & Gamble Company; Collected by Joseph S. Atha
Object numberF99-21/16
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DescriptionPear-shaped silver coffee pot, with chasing of flowers, leaves and scrolls; pot stands on three lion feet with claw bases. The spout is decorated with a shell at the base and a leaf at the upper part. The domed cover is surmounted with a pineapple finial. The side of the body is engraved with a crest. Double scroll wood handle.Gallery LabelThis coffee pot's body was raised, a process by which a flat plate of silver is hammered into the desired form over an anvil. From the vessel's body, the silver was raised into the rich scrollwork infused with flowers and foliage; this process is called chasing. The pot rests on realistically rendered lions' heads and feet complete with toes and claws. These were cast and then applied. David Willaume II, a successful London silversmith, followed his father, David Willaume I.
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