Large Biedermeier silver teapot. Bulbous, flower-shaped body with offset, rounded shoulder. Conical tubular spout ending in a stylised snake head. Cambered plug-in lid with flower pommel. Overlapping, movable handle with ebonised baluster grip. Fig. 12 lot, Master August Niemeyer (active from ca. 1830). Weight approx. 860 g. H. 19 cm. Cf. Scheffler, Niedersachsen, vol. 1, p. 143, no. 585, MZ 207. A large German Biedermeier silver tea pot by August Niemeyer (active since approx. 1830). Assay and master's mark. German. Brunswick. Circa 1840.