Coffee pot

Claude-Pierre Deville (French (Paris), master in 1769, died after 1783)

1777–78

Object PlaceParis, France

Medium/TechniqueMetal; silver

DimensionsOverall: 22.6 x 21.2 cm, 28.5 oz. (8 7/8 x 8 3/8 in., 1.78 lb.)

Credit LineElizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection

Accession number1993.411

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ClassificationsSilver

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Europe

InscriptionsMaker's Mark: a crowned fleur-de-lis, two grains, CPD, a rozier (Dennis, 119).Warden's mark: 1777-1778: a crowned O (Dennis, 17). Charge mark: for large work, 1775-1781: a crowned A (Dennsi, 17). Discharge Mark: for small work, 1775-1781: a monkey's head (Dennis, 17). Other: general countermark, 1781-1789: clasped hands (Dennis, 312). The Maker's and Warden's marks are on the body and the interior of the cover, the Charge mark is on the interior of the cover, the discharge mark is on the rim of the body, while the countermark is on the rim of the body and of the cover.

Provenance1959, purchased by Elizabeth Parke Firestone (1897-1990) and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. (1898-1973), Akron, OH and Newport, RI; 1993; gift of the Estate of Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. (Accession date: May 26, 1993)