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Three-Piece Coffee Set

Maker Andrew Fogelberg

CultureEnglish

Date1775

MediumSilver | Raffia

DimensionsOverall: 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm)

InscribedCoffee Pot: fully marked under lip and on inside of the hinged cover. The Ffolkes family arms are engraved in a medallion at the waist.

Credit LineMuseum purchase with Funds Provided Anonymously by a Member of the Mowbray Arch Society

Object number92.40.1

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DescriptionThe coffee pot is a vase-shaped vessel standing on an applied foot which is chased with acanthus leaves as is the lower part of the body and hinged cover. There is an ear-shaped applied handle with the kick chased with leafage and rosettes. The widest part of its body has applied swags of laurel leaves joining ram's heads and a medallion with the engraved Ffolkes arms. The hinged cover has a cast finial of a stylized laurel bud. The handle has a raffia cover; the lip is beaded.

Label TextAndrew Fogelberg London, England (active ca. 1773 - ca. 1800) George III Three Piece Coffee Set, 1775 Silver Museum Purchase with Funds Provided by a Member of the Mowbray Arch Society 92.40.1 Rare and important is this three-piece coffee service made in London in 1775 by the goldsmith Andrew Fogelberg. It was crafted for Sir Martin Browne Ffolkes, first Baronet of Hillington, in the county of Norfolk. It seems probable that the service was ordered in celebration of Sir Martin's elevation to the Baronetcy in 1774. It is unusual for an intact service of this period to come on the market, since most have been broken up over the years. The fact that the present service is complete makes it a very desirable addition to the Museum's collection. Edited By: GLYExhibition History"Treasures for the Community: The Chrysler Collects, 1989-1996," October 25,1996 - March 2, 1997 Published ReferencesGAZETTE DES BEAUX-ARTS, No. 1502 (March 1994), mentioned p. 87. Mark A. Clark, "A George III English Coffee Set,"_The Chrysler Museum Journal_ 1 (1994): 32.