Coffee pot

Silver. Pear-shaped, smooth body, ascending tubular base. Dome-shaped hinged lid with a protruding narrow edge and rounded handle. Handle in the form of a flower branch. Conical cantilever spout, surrounded by fluting, with a hinged spout cover. Voluted handle made of dark brown wood. Gilded interior. Maker Jakob (Johann) Wilhelm Kolb (became a master in 1768). Weight about 360 g. Height 21.5 cm. See Seling 2007, BZ 2510, No. 2522; see also Overzier, Deutsches Silber, p. 86, fig. 117, a comparable small jug by the master. Small German Rococo coffee pot by master Jakob (Johann) Wilhelm Kolb (master since 1768). Gilded interior. Hallmarks of assay, standard, and maker. German. Augsburg. 1779–1781.