Of tapering cylindrical form with tucked-in base and small plain spreading foot. The lower part of the body chased with dragons, bold scrolls, fluted panels and foliage. The bottom support to the double scroll fruitwood handle with a delicate 6-petal flower head applied to the body amidst a matted crustacean reserve surrounded by rocaille shells and fluted scrolls. The upper handle support applied to the body above a superb cast and chased emerging lion capped by a decorative fluted shell enclosed within further scrolls, flowers and leaves. The cast part-fluted swan-neck spout surrounded by more shell work, scrolls and foliage and the upper part of the body with bouquets of flowers flanked by "C" scrolls and shells. The hinge unusually applied with a cast shell and the flattened domed lid with further foliate chasing surrounding a large bud finial. The right side of the handle engraved with stylish armorials in the asymmetric rococo style encased by leaves,scrolls and shell work.
The arms are those of Harvey Quartering Dycer with a cadency mark of a crescent for the second son, Eliab Harvey (1716-1769) impaling Benyon. Eliab, of Claybury Hall, Woodford bridge, Co. Essex, married Mary Benyon, daughter of Richard Benyon of Gidea Hall and who was Governor of Bengal. Eliab's Grandfather, William Harvey, married Dorothy daughter and heiress of Sir Robert Dycer, 2nd baronet, whose arms the family added as a quartering to their own.
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This classic De Lamerie coffee pot is somewhat better than most particularly because of the spirited chasing and the superb emerging lion that is sometimes found on the borders of his salvers. Other notable features are the addition of a discrete shell applied to the hinge. This is totally in keeping with the prevalent rococo taste of the time along with the bold and exuberant chasing of the dragons, shell work and foliage. The dropped base is a characteristic of Lamerie pots of this type and very few other makers, if any, used this form of construction. The maker's mark is stamped on the base with the remaining marks to the right of the handle. For any collectors of this great maker this is a wonderful piece in great condition. It has come from a private source through a non-silver dealer friend of ours who was told by the owners the family had owned it for a least 100 years.