Cafetière

François Thomas Germain French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 545

Cette cafetière, fabriquée à Paris et datée de 1757, arbore l’un des motifs les plus originaux et les plus populaires de l’argenterie de l’époque. Les cannelures torsadées donnent une impression de mouvement, et le rendu luxuriant des feuilles et des fèves de caféier sur le bec et le couvercle révèle la fonction de la pièce. François-Thomas Germain, fils du célèbre orfèvre Thomas Germain, fut l’un des artisans les plus en vogue de Paris pendant la seconde moitié du XVIIIe siècle. Son grand atelier fournissait les cours de Russie, de France et du Portugal en argenterie.

Coffeepot, François Thomas Germain (French, Paris 1726–1791 Paris, master 1748), Silver with ebony handle, French, Paris

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Coffeepot, François Thomas Germain (French, Paris 1726–1791 Paris, master 1748), Silver with ebony handle, French, Paris
Coffeepot, François Thomas Germain (French, Paris 1726–1791 Paris, master 1748), Silver with ebony handle, French, Paris
Coffeepot, François Thomas Germain (French, Paris 1726–1791 Paris, master 1748), Silver with ebony handle, French, Paris
Coffeepot, François Thomas Germain (French, Paris 1726–1791 Paris, master 1748), Silver with ebony handle, French, Paris
Coffeepot, François Thomas Germain (French, Paris 1726–1791 Paris, master 1748), Silver with ebony handle, French, Paris
Coffeepot, François Thomas Germain (French, Paris 1726–1791 Paris, master 1748), Silver with ebony handle, French, Paris
Coffeepot, François Thomas Germain (French, Paris 1726–1791 Paris, master 1748), Silver with ebony handle, French, Paris
Coffeepot, François Thomas Germain (French, Paris 1726–1791 Paris, master 1748), Silver with ebony handle, French, Paris
Coffeepot, François Thomas Germain (French, Paris 1726–1791 Paris, master 1748), Silver with ebony handle, French, Paris
Coffeepot, François Thomas Germain (French, Paris 1726–1791 Paris, master 1748), Silver with ebony handle, French, Paris

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