Coffeepot (François-Thomas Germain)

ArtistFrançois Thomas Germain
Year1757
Mediumsilver, ebony
Dimensions29.5 cm × 30.5 cm (11.6 in × 12.0 in)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds in its collection a number of items attributed to famed 18th-century French metalworker François Thomas Germain. Among these items is a silver coffee pot dated to 1757. The pot, a surviving example of French rococo dining ware, is currently on view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 545.

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