COFFEE- AND TEAPOTS

Antique silver coffee pots and teapots knew their high time in the eighteenth century. Closely connected to the history of the introduction of the exotic warm beverages of coffee, cacao and tea, such silver objects have been known since the seventeenth century. Whether they stem from the régence period, the neoclassicism and empire or rococo; silver coffee- and tea pots are an important part of the German, English and French tableware culture.

ANTIQUE COFFEE- AND TEAPOTS

Two French silver-gilt (vermeil) Empire coffepots made with very elegant design and decorative motifs by Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot, in Paris 1818/39. The smaller one with a provenance from the Margraviate of Baden....

This antique silver coffeepot has a slender, octagonal form and a smooth surface, adorned only by an engraved crest around a laborious cartouche. Being of the Britannia Standard period, it demonstrates an exceptional early example. It was made in London 1713/4 by the markers Robert...

The smooth, tapering and cylindrical chocolate pot is raised on a moulded rim foot. The spout is S-curved and it ends in a bird’s head. The slightly domed cover is connected to the corpus with a detachable pin and chain....

The George II silver teapot is standing on a round, profiled standing ring. Its shoulders are adorned with engraved geometrical and naturalistic ornaments. London 1727/8, Thomas Cooke II, Richard Gurney....

George I antique silver teapot in pear-shape of the Britannia Standard period (95,84 % silver content). Made in London 1722/3 by William Fleming....

A silver chocolate pot from Augsburg of the early 18th century. The pot is standing on a low, round, slightly profiled foot. The body has the shape of a pear and is decorated with straight lines that run the whole body from the upper to...

This coffeepot is a very fine example of the Augsburg Rococo. The pot is standing on a bright, round and slightly curved foot. The body has a bulging form and is tapering towards the upper part. Made by Johann Chr. Engelbrecht in 1761/3....