Description

An antique sterling silver coffee pot with a straight sided, slightly baluster form raised on a shallow pedestal foot. Good quality shaped wooden handle. Elegant plain design and graceful shaped spout.

Contains 980 ml.
Weight 776 grams, 24.9 troy ounces.
Height 24cm. Spread across spout and handle 21cm.
London 1752.
Maker John Swift.
Sterling silver.

Marks. Stamped on the body with a full set of English silver hallmarks. Maker’s mark and scratchweight underneath.

Both silver and wood. are in very good condition, Excellent colour.

Maker: John Swift

John Swift, London silversmith, apprenticed to Thomas Langford 1718, turned over to William Paradise 1719, and again to Thomas Serle 1723. Free 1725. 1st mark enetered as smallworker 1728. 2nd mark as largeworker1739. 3rd mark small size 1757. 4th 1757. Livery 1758. His son John was apprenticed to him 1750. Swift's work was mainly hollowware, tankards, coffee pots and teapots, often with rococo and chinoiserie motifs.

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