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Coffee pot
Pierre Pontus (master 1746, died 1784)
French (Lille)
1773
Object Place: Europe, Lille, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; silver
Dimensions
Weight: 49 oz., 30.5 cm (3.06 lb., 12 in.)
Credit Line
Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession Number1993.369
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionSpirally fluted coffee pot, on three scroll feet; monogram JVK
Marks
Maker's mark of a crowned PP, a fleur-de-lis below for Pierre Pontus (Helft 421, Dennis 451) on underside of body, on handle shaft and underside of lid.
Warden's mark for Lille: crowned C for 1773 (Helft 421) o underside of body, on spout and on udnerside of lid.
Recognition mark of Lille: a fleur-de-lis with a crown above, on underside of body, underside of two leds, underside of lid.
Warden's mark for Lille: crowned C for 1773 (Helft 421) o underside of body, on spout and on udnerside of lid.
Recognition mark of Lille: a fleur-de-lis with a crown above, on underside of body, underside of two leds, underside of lid.
InscriptionsMonogram JVK within a scrolling cartouche.
ProvenanceBy 1921, Jules Strauss; sold, 1921, Jules Strauss' sale, Paris [see note 1]. May 20, 1942, anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, lot 65, ill. plate. VIII. June, 1959, sold by Au Vieux Paris Elizabeth Parke Firestone (1897-1990) and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. (1898-1973), Akron, OH and Newport, RI; 1993; gift of the Estate of Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. (Accession date: May 26, 1993)
NOTES:
[1] Jules Strauss' sale, Paris, cat #22.
NOTES:
[1] Jules Strauss' sale, Paris, cat #22.