Liégeoise coffee maker with three silver taps.reign... Lot 12

Liégeoise coffee maker with three silver taps.reign of Jean-Theodore of Bavaria. Punch of 1744. Annal letter: C. Hallmark of the Master Goldsmith: Initials A.W. surmounted by a crown, below a star. Height : 33 cm . Weight : 1,800 grBibl : Joseph Brassinne "L'Orfèvrerie civile Liégeoise" IV Documents, Société des Bibliophiles Liégeois 1937.Liège, 1905, number 4129 - Paris 1924, number 557. Album III, plate 104.Provenance: Baron and Baroness Pierre van Zuylen - de Lhoneux.the duodecagonal container, rests on three crowbars attached to the belly by rocks. It is equipped with three taps made by dolphins whose tail serves as a key. The two handles affect the appearance of hollowed and openwork brackets. The decoration consists of mantling and reserves decorated with rockeries where animals are played. The lid, in the shape of a two-storey dome, is topped by a finial and bears a decoration of rockwork storerooms. The arms of two spouses of the Surlet families are engraved on this coffee pot.