Small baroque teapot. Silver. Over a flat base, pressed, bulbous body merging into a slender neck. The wall surrounded by wavy, vertical lines. Deep-set, faceted tubular spout with hinged cover. Correspondingly structured, multiple moulded hinged lid with flared, curved rim and conical knob in the shape of a figurative rocaille. Ear-shaped wooden handle. Marked, tremolier line, hallmark, master Johann Samuel Beckensteiner (became master 1743). Weight approx. 245 g. H. 13.5 cm. Cf. cat. Germanisches Nationalmuseum, vol. I, part I, BZ 39, MZ 45. A small Nuremberg Baroque silver teapot by Johann Samuel Beckensteiner (master since 1743). Test, assay and master's mark. German. Nuremberg. Circa 1755.