A MALTESE SILVER COFFEE POT

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A MALTESE SILVER COFFEE POT
Malta circa 1770, maker's mark MC with sun above

Of baluster shape, on three hoof feet headed by cartouches decorated with chased and matted croisillons, the body elaborately chased with panels of foliage, fruit and flowers and a coat-of-arms enclosed in similar cartouche beneath Marquis' coronet, the angular spout chased with acanthus and foliate garland with flowers, with scroll-shaped wooden handle, the domed cover similarly chased rising to the flower and pine-cone finial, marked on base, cover and spout -- 27 cm (10½ in) high
870 gr.