Caption

Coffee pot by John Septimus Beresford London goldsmith, active 1880–89, 1888–1889. Pear-shaped coffee pot, spirally chased in the lower part and smooth above, decorated with a half-cylinder under the flared rim; short spout; wooden handle not original mounted in sleeves; hinged domed lid, spirally knotted and topped with a ball. Material: silver. Dimensions: height 13 cm, width 12 cm, depth 6.8 cm; weight 179 g. Great Britain — England, London., A silver pitcher with ornate raised ribbed and floral detailing and a hinged domed lid topped by a round finial sits against a plain light gray background, the pitcher featuring a curved wooden handle in warm brown attached near the rim and base, and a short spout projecting from the opposite side; the metal shows polished reflective silver tones with subtle darker tarnish accents, and the wood shows smooth brown grain.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A08_159

License type

Rights managed

Available size

43.5Mb (486.4Kb) / 11.8in x 14.3in / 3549 x 4285 (300dpi)

Keywords

Coffee pot John Septimus Beresford London goldsmith active 1880–89 1888–1889 Pear-shaped coffee pot spirally chased lower part smooth decorated half-cylinder under flared rim short spout wooden handle original mounted sleeves hinged domed lid spirally knotted topped ball Material silver Dimensions height 13 cm width 12 cm depth 6.8 cm weight 179 g Great Britain England London silver pitcher ornate raised ribbed floral detailing lid topped round finial sits plain light gray background pitcher featuring curved wooden handle warm brown attached near rim base short spout projecting opposite side metal polished reflective silver tones subtle darker tarnish accents wood smooth brown grain.