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An Italian silver coffee pot, Milan, maker’s mark unregistered, an heart with two swords topped by a crown, circa 1760

Alternate Warehouse

Estimate

1,500 - 2,500 EUR

Lot Details

Description

on a foot, with a twisted fluted body, with a scrolling wood handle, the spout terminated by a bear’s head, with a hinged cover and with a flower finial, mark underneath the rim: probably maker’s mark

Height. 29 cm (11 1/2 in); gross weight. 938 gr. (30.15 oz.)

G. Sambonet, Gli argenti milanesi, Maestri, botteghe e punzoni dal XIV al XIX secolo, Milan, 1987, illustr. p. 160.

The shape of this coffee pot is typical of Milan with this large animal’s head spout, that can be seen on several other examples, such as a coffee pot, see Cambi casa d’Aste, Milan, 21 May 2025, lot 82 and for a similar coffee pot, see Cambi casa d’Aste, Genoa, 16 November 2016 with 695. Some others are illustrated in G. Sambonet, Gli argenti milanesi, Maestri, botteghe e punzoni dal XIV al XIX secolo, Milan, 1987, cover page and p. 193

The maker’s mark is known in a set of flatware, and mentioned in G. Sambonet, Gli argenti milanesi, Maestri, botteghe e punzoni dal XIV al XIX secolo, Milan, 1987, p. 135

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