Large baroque silver coffee pot. Pear-shaped body over a trumpet-shaped stand with a domed, hinged lid. Smooth wall divided by figurative, vertical lines. Narrow console spout with heart-shaped opening. Central, unscrewable baluster knob and ebonised wooden ear handles on the sides. Gilt interior. Marked by the mark of the master Johan Heinrich Mues (became a citizen in 1743). Weight approx. 650 g. H. 26.5 cm. Cf. Scheffler, Niedersachsen, vol. II, p. 1010, no. 70. A large German Baroque silver coffee pot by Johan Heinrich Mues (citizen since 1743). Gilt inside. Assay and master's mark. German. Osnabrück. Circa 1770.