Coffeepot
Sébastien Igonet
1738–39
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Height: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
Classification
Metalwork-Silver
Culture
French, Paris
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Catherine D. Wentworth, 1948
Accession Number
48.187.82
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Sébastien Igonet · 1695–1796
**Sébastien Igonet** (c. 1695–1796) was a distinguished Parisian silversmith whose elegant creations exemplify the refined luxury of eighteenth-century French metalwork. Active in Paris during the height of the Rococo period, he earned his master’s mark in 1725 and continued working at least until the 1760s, producing objects that combined technical precision with playful ornament. Little is docu...