The Wellby Collection

Coffee pot

Magnus Graff (Gothenburg active 1760 - 1777)

silver, ebony

c. 1765 - 1770

26.3 cm height

Maker's mark: 'M:GRAF' (struck on the base)

Provenance:&Nbsp; : General Consul Jean Jahnsson

Place of Creation: Gothenburg

WA2013.1.334

Coffee pot, silver, with scrolling ebony handle, the body embossed and chased with rococo scrollwork and flowers. The spout decorated with foliage and flowers, the hinged lid with leaves and a finial formed as three bursting fruits (pomegranates?).

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Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012.