Three-Piece Coffee Set
Maker
Andrew Fogelberg
CultureEnglish
Date1775
MediumSilver | Raffia
DimensionsOverall: 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm)
InscribedCream Jug: fully marked under lip; 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 number92.40.2
Not on view
DescriptionThe cream jug is a vase-shape vessel standing on an applied foot, which is chased with acanthus leaves. It has an applied ear-shaped handle with a rolled over kick and raffia cover. The body is decorated with applied swags of laurel leaves joining ram's heads and a medallion with the engraved Ffolkes arms. The rim is beaded.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.
20th century
Pair/Pair