Rare vermeil silver coffee pot

goldsmith Vincenzo Belli, smooth body of piriform shape chiselled with Greek lanceolate leaves and palmettes, a grifone-headed lip, gilded bronze handle depicting a greyhound, guarantee stamps of the Papal State, h. 26 cm. Bibliography: Costantino Bulgari - Argentieri, gemmari and goldsmiths of Italy - Lorenzo del Turco Rome, part one, pag.121 table 8 where preparatory drawings of his father Pietro are illustrated, pag. 129 stamp n ° 246 used by the master until 1859, the date of his death, peso 534 gr.