BORDEAUX 1783-84 - Lot 95

BORDEAUX 1783-84 Silver coffee pot resting on three sabot feet. Richly decorated with chased and engraved foliage, laurel twists and ribbon bows. Pouring spout encircled by a rush. Lid with a burst flower/seed resting on a leafy terrace. Original turned brown wood side handle. Piece hallmarked on body and lid with : - Charge and discharge marks for BORDEAUX 1781-89. - Common house hallmarks for BORDEAUX 1783-84. - Master goldsmith's hallmarks: Jean-Michel HUBSCHMANN, received in 1775. Height: 23.5 cm. PB: 748.8 grams. Hubschmann worked with some of the greatest. He trained first with Jean-Louis III IMLIN in Strasbourg, then with Robert-Joseph AUGUSTE in Paris, and finally with Gabriel MESTRE in Bordeaux. His pieces can be found in major collections and museums, including the Bordeaux Decorative Arts Museum (coffee pots, Lille pot and wine pipette). His characteristic decoration can be found on a small flat-bottomed coffee pot shown on page 302 of the reference book "Les Orfèvres de Bordeaux" by M. De DROMANTIN, as well as on the coffee pot from the Couturier-Nicolay sale of November 8, 1990 (lot 175). The latter was sold at the time for 43,000 francs at the hammer for a smaller example than the one presented today.