other - Coffee pot - Silverplated - Henin & Cie

Vintage ebony and silver plated Henin, Empire style coffee pot.
Sculpted lion's head spout.
Curved 4 leg's ending with lion paws.
Height: 30.5 cm including closed leaf pineapple sitting on the top of lid.
Circumference: 38 cm approx.
Weight: 87 grams.
elegant silver-plated Empire-style coffee pot, its designs characteristic of French Neoclassical era.
Features sculpted leaves on lower sides of pot (4 corners).
The handle made of dark exotic wood.
The "25" stamp indicates the amount of silver used in the plating process.
** The great Parisian goldsmiths Henin & Cie were born in the nineteenth century. At the heart of the historic city of Paris, the Marais was the noted jewellery quarter. It was in this locality that the nobility would go to buy luxurious jewellery and items made from high end gold and silver.