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Coffeepot

Manufacturer Nicolas-Chrysostome Cauet

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1783-89

MediumSilver

DimensionsOverall: 7 in. (17.8 cm)

InscribedMarked on bottom.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number77.595

Not on view

DescriptionSilver Louis XVI coffee pot.

Label TextNicolas-Chrysostome Cauet French, Paris (active late 18th century) Coffeepot, ca. 1783-89 Silver with ebony handle Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 77.595 This coffeepot by the Parisian silversmith Cauet demonstrates the restrained style of the late eighteenth century, characterized by the revival of rectilinear ornament from classical designs. Exhibition History"Treasures for the Table; Silver from the Chrysler Museum", 6/15-8/6/89 "Reopening of the Joan P. Brock Galleries," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., Opening in March of 2008. Published ReferencesMark Clark, "Silver Treasures for the Table," The Chrysler Museum BULLETIN, Vol. 19, No. 6 (June 1989), ill. p. 1; TREASURES FOR THE TABLE (1989), no. 53, p. 92, ill. p. 93.