LILLE 1737 Tripod silver chocolate pot of dodecagonal shape. It rests on feet with scrolls with medallion attachments, the body is embossed with twelve ribs and in the middle part of a band of rows of nets in recall on the base of the covered spout. The upper part of the body is engraved on two registers with alternating fleurons and pompons. The lid of the foam pot is topped by a seed in plume. The turned wooden handle is screwed on a long hood with sides bordered of godrons in recall on the edge of the lid. Master goldsmith : Joseph-François FOURMANTEL, received in 1733 Gross weight : 1 200 g - height : 29,5 cm Literature : Quoted in the book of Mrs Nicole CARTIER, Les orfèvres de Lille, volume I. Similar model reproduced in volume II under number 306, page 658. LILLE 1737 A silver chocolate pot. Master silversmith: Joseph-François FOURMANTEL