18th Century Solid Silver Jug Coffee Maker, Louis XVI Period Dated 1787

Very beautiful tripod coffee maker from the Louis XVI period dated 1787 with the hallmarks of the city of Paris.
Beautifully proportioned, this coffee pot with an elongated body and a neck molded with fillets. It rests on three skate feet with net and staple. The beak is covered with a very beautiful groove running along the body ending in a ball. The lid is characterized by an almost vertical bulge, surmounted by a spinning top, the rolling thumb rest. The handle is made of turned ebony, screwed into a baluster sleeve connected to the body by a molded piece.
Manufactured by Alexandre De Roussy, received on September 13, 1758 as master goldsmith in Paris, this manufacturer disappeared in 1791. (Source: Dictionary of punches of French master goldsmiths, Beuque and M.Frapsauce.)
The lid bears four punches:
The punch of charge A crowned.
The eagle's head relief punch.
The punch with the letter P dated 1787 of the common house of the city of Paris.
The hallmark of the master goldsmith with the initials A, D, R. Alexandre De Roussy.
The body of the coffee maker bears the four hallmarks mentioned above.
One on the collar and three on the ass.
Dimensions: Total height: 26 cm.
Length of the handle in the screwed position: 11.5 cm.
Weight without the handle: 784 g.