Silver. Trumpet-shaped stand, transitioning into a smooth, ovoid body. Set, rounded shoulder, surrounded by a frieze. Tall, narrow neck. Flat hinged lid crowned by a fully sculpted lion as a knob. Angular, ebonized wooden handle. Marked, assay mark, maker's mark. Weight approximately 710 g. Height 26.5 cm. See catalog Schweizer Landesmuseum, Silberschatz der Schweiz, catalog number 122 (form); Scheffler, Hessen, illustration 71-75 on plate XXII (form). A Swiss Empire silver coffee pot. Assay and maker's mark. Switzerland. Bern. Rehfues & Cie. Around 1825.