Paris 1798 to 1809 Late 18th century solid silver coffee pot by JPN BIBRON

Fine tripodal coffee pot in solid silver, made in Paris by the silversmith JEAN PIERRE NICOLAS BIBRON.
In plain silver, it adopts an elegant baluster outline. The moulded cover opens with a gadrooned thumbpiece. The rim is highlighted with a frieze of palmettes on a matted ground, punctuated by a row of pearls, above a terrace enriched with fine mouldings. It is surmounted by a doucine shaped finial decorated with gadroons and pearls.

The shaped spout is fluted and terminates in an asparagus tip. The straight handle is in turned ebony and is attached to the body by a circular silver mount. The three cabriole legs rise from the body with moulded and foliate brackets.

The body is engraved with the monogram VT beneath a coronet of roses and laurel.

Marks
• First cock mark first standard for Paris 1798 to 1809 solid silver 950
• Paris Association of Silversmiths
• Paris Large Guarantee
• Paris Medium Guarantee
• Maker’s mark JPB with a lion and a star and two pellets for JEAN PIERRE NICOLAS BIBRON.

Dimensions
• Height 17.5 cm
• Diameter approx. 8 cm
• Length approx. 15 cm

Weight
• Gross weight 330 g
• Net weight 310 g

Period
Late eighteenth century

Condition report
Excellent state of preservation


JEAN PIERRE NICOLAS BIBRON
Silversmith in Paris from 1798 to 1838

Admitted as master silversmith in Paris in 1798, JEAN PIERRE NICOLAS BIBRON works successively in rue de Harlay, rue Saint Jacques and, from 1818 onwards, rue Bourg l’Abbé. Active during the Directoire, the Consulate, the Empire and the Restoration, he distinguishes himself through refined table and presentation silver, where chased silver harmonises with elegant neoclassical ornament.

His works, including sweetmeat boxes, oil and vinegar sets, mustard pots, coffee pots and bouillon pots, display a neoclassical aesthetic characterised by stylised female figures, palmettes, lion masks and delicate mouldings. His maker’s mark appears under the standards in force between 1798 and 1838.


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS ANND LISTED PIECES

• MUSÉE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS Paris Covered mustard pot Premier Empire silver
• MUSÉE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS Paris Salt cellar silver Paris 1798 to 1809
• MUSÉE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS Paris Salt cellar silver Paris 1798 to 1809
• CATHEDRALE SAINT GATIEN Tours Chalice and paten parcel gilt silver Paris 1798 to 1809
• ÉGLISE SAINT GEORGES Franken Chalice no 2 parcel gilt silver Paris 1809
• ÉGLISE NOTRE DAME DU RONCIER Josselin Sick call pyx silver Paris 1798 to 1809 listed as a Monument Historique in 1982
Private collection Saint Martin de Ré Sauce boat and stand Empire silver


BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Archive de la Garantie Paris plates of makers marks numbers 3 and 15
• Archive de la Monnaie Paris insculpation plate Year V
• Archive de la Monnaie Paris deliberation registers Year IV to Year XI
• Almanach du Commerce 1805 1806
• Almanach Azur 1811 to 1822
• PERON A Tableau des fabriquans en matières d’or et d’argent 1804
• DOUËT S P Tableau des symboles de l’orfèvrerie de Paris 1806 and 1809
• BOIVIN J Les Anciens orfèvres 1925
• HELFT J Les Nouveaux poinçons 1982