SAMSON / TOULOUSE 1716-17. - Lot 145

SAMSON / TOULOUSE 1716-17. Early 18th century silver tripod coffee pot, turned ebony side handle. Fronton engraved with alliance coat of arms under helmet: LA CLAVERIE de MARSAY family "Or, two keys in saltire proper of polished steel, pannetted umbra, on a pale gules a cinquefoil argent with indented petals". Family ennobled in 1654. May have belonged to Jean Sulpice de LA CLAVERIE (1681-1757), esquire, Seigneur de MARSAY, who married Florence de FOURNIER de SAVIGNAC on April 22, 1709. Charge and discharge marks for TOULOUSE 1708-17. Common house hallmark for TOULOUSE 1716-17 (letter date Q). Master goldsmith's hallmark: Joachim SAMSOM. Height: 24 cm. Weight: 816 grams. Museum-quality piece exhibited at L'Exposition du Musée Languedocien de Montpellier under No. 58 in 2011-2012. Mr. Laurent Deguara's book "Travail d'Orfèvre" devotes 2 pages to it (100 and 101).