Object Details
Description
Raised circular urn-shape coffeepot with double-flared or -trumpeted, hinged lid topped by a large cast ball on a flared circular pedestal atop a square base with applied sides; one side of body is engraved with a large shaded foliate script "G". Beading at edges of lid, base of short, incurved neck, top and bottom of pedestal, face and back of the upright, angular bellied S-curve spout and at tops of the cylindrical sockets, into which is pinned a C-curve handle with scrolled waterleaf. Body perforated at spout. Base underside is struck twice "WILLIAMSON" in raised roman letters in a rectangle. Centerpunch on underside of body. Part of a six-piece coffee and tea service, DL*037807-DL*037812.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Harriet A. Keen
date made
ca 1797
ID Number
DL.037808
catalog number
037808
accession number
117389
Object Name
coffeepot
Physical Description
silver (overall material)
wood (handle material)
Measurements
overall: 12 1/8 in x 10 3/8 in x 4 3/4 in; 30.7975 cm x 26.3525 cm x 12.065 cm
place made
United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
place used
United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
Domestic Furnishings
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_300712