Rococo coffee pot
When coffee came to Sweden it got a pot of its own: pear-shaped, on three feet and with a wooden handle.
Coffee became an upper-class drink in Sweden in the 18th century, despite several bans. The coffee pot, the teapot and the sugar bowl were new forms that silversmiths had to invent.
With the Swedish marks a pot can be dated to the year. The three-crowns control mark was introduced in 1752, and from 1759 the same system of date letters applied throughout the country.
Materials: Silver, handle of blackened wood
Manufacture: Raised by a silversmith; spout and feet were cast, and the wooden handle insulates from the heat.
The pear-shaped body, often with chased or engraved rocailles.
Three curving feet.
Marks: town mark, maker’s mark, the three-crowns control mark and date letter.