An early-18th century Maltese silver coffee pot,

An early-18th century Maltese silver coffee pot,
Antonio Manoel de Vilhena period (1722-1736), maker's mark of FA probably for Francesco Assenza,
baluster form, with alternated lobed fluted and chased decoration, and chased foliate and strapwork, the base of the spout with a large foliate motif, and with a hinged shell cover, the main hinged cover with a gadroon border, fluted and chased decoration and with a wooden finial, foliate mounted wooden scroll handle, the front with a later crest, on a circular gadrooned foot, height 24.5cm, approx. weight 29oz. (904g).

Provenance: A Private Collection.

For a similar coffee pot see: Alaine Apap Bologna, The Silver of Malta, MAG publications, 1995, page 57, entry number 84.