Ribbed pear-shaped coffee pot with polychrome decoration portraying European flowers and the coat of arms of Cardinal Luigi Torrigiani. The lid is dome-shaped, and likewise displays ribwork. The spout is shaped into a snake's head, without rounded pouring orifice; the ear-shaped handle is elaborately wrought and heavy.

It presents a gray-paste body with numerous firing imperfections and rather oily lead-glazing. The decorative motif displayed on one side of the coffee pot represents three large blossoming sprays bearing European flowers (an eye-catching rose, anemone, poppy and campanula); the shoots spring from the base and extend upwards, tapering to slender sprigs towards the top.

The other side features the coat of arms of Cardinal Torrigiani, which however has numerous imperfections due to firing defects. The table service created for Cardinal Torrigiani, who was ennobled with the red hat in 1753, and for Cardinal Gianfranco Stoppani, delivered on December 1st 1753, are known as "the Cardinals' services" and represent one of the high points of the decorative motif known as "deutsche Blumen", executed here with great freedom and freshness of touch.

The base, the point of attachment of the spout and the handle, the bridge, the lid and the finial are bejewelled with a delicate gold fillet. The shape echoes that of silver coffee pots, in particular those from Genoa and Venice. [AB]