Of lobed baluster form upon three cabriole legs, the cast spout with a mask of a woman’s face among scrolls with an eagle’s head above, opposite a later handle of turned square section pinned to tubular sections, the hinged domed lid surmounted by a compressed knop finial. Marked to the side with town mark of crowned arms between MS, consul’s mark of G87, an obscured assayer’s mark ending in N, and maker’s mark F..M. Height - 17.2 cm / 6.8 inches Weight – 375 grams / 12.06 oztNotes:These marks are not illustrated in Accascina, M. (1976), I Marchi delle Argenterie e Oreficerie Siciliane, p.110-112. XVIII sec. caffettiera in argento di Messina 1789, marchio dell’argentiere F..M (non identificato)