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Its use is not certain, as no other coffee pot by de Lamerie with a stand or lamp is known. It has been suggested that it was intended to double-up as a hot water jug for a tea service.\r\n\r\nSir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes.  Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.","physicalDescription":"The pear-shaped pot stands on three griffin-head feet with panels of scrolls and shells above.  On the body are two large applied rococo cartouches of shells, scrolls, and flowers with putti above; both cartouches are within chased and punched matted surrounds, and each is engraved with a coat of arms.  The short spout is chased with shells, scrolls, and foliage, and the upper part of the wooden handle issues from a socket molded with a lion mask and shells.  The domed cover is chased with scrolls, and shells on punched matted ground and rests on three paw-, scroll-and-foliage feet with pendant floral and mask swags between.  The plain lamp is engraved with a crest.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Lamerie, Paul de","id":"A8591"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":"Paul de Lamerie (1688-1751) was the greatest silversmith working in England in the 18th century. A Huguenot ( French Protestant), he came to London with his parents, fleeing persecution in France. His success lay in his own exceptional creativity in producing stunning objects, but also in his ability as a businessman, retailing some astonishingly spectacular silver using the most effective and innovative suppliers in the trade.\r\n\r\nThe silver shown here is associated with de Lamerie’s most brilliant craftsman, whose identity is still a mystery, who worked from 1737 to 1745.  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Joseph E. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, sale, Samuel T. Freeman and Company, Philadelphia, June 20, 1944, lot 55.  Purchased from Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. Ramser, 1983.","historicalContext":"It is not known whether this pot on stand and burner was intended for coffee or hot water","briefDescription":"Silver and wood coffee-pot or hot-water pot, London hallmarks of 1743-44, mark of Paul de Lamerie","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Schroder, Timothy. <u>The Gilbert collection of gold and silver</u>, Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) 1988, cat. no. 69, pp. 268-71.  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