Silver Ewer Or Coffee Pot By Abel-etienne Giroux, Paris, Empire Period

- Ewer or coffee pot
- Sterling silver and ebony handle
- By Abel Etienne Giroux, master goldsmith in Paris from 1798 to 1815
- Paris, 1798-1809
- Height (at the grip): 35 cm, 34 cm (at the grip) ; weight (gross): 1045g
- Very good condition, beautiful and fresh carving

- Tripod ewer with ovoid body, mounted on three beveled feet with lion's paws and ribbed attachments in acanthus branches. The moving lid has an oak acorn grip on a terrace of leaves.

- Hallmarks (in the lid, under the body) : master goldsmith: AEG with a panache for Abel-Etienne Giroux [Dict, n°144, Nocq T.II]; Title: vertical octagon, an erect rooster holed to the right and the number 1 at the bottom right, for the 1st title of 950 thousandths, Paris, 1798-1809; Guarantee: Head of a man facing the number 85, medium guarantee, Paris, 1798-1809.
-  [Dict] Arminjon, Beaupuis, Bilimoff : « dictionnaire des poinçons de fabricants d’ouvrages d’or et d’argent- Paris- 1798-1838 », cahiers de l’inventaire, 1991 ; [Nocq] Nocq, Henri : « Le poinçon de Paris, répertoire des maîtres orfèvres de la juridiction de Paris…», 5 vol., 1926-1931