Object Details
maker
Meriden Britannia Company
Description
D-handled, coffee or hot water urn with tall cylindrical neck and ovoid lower body on circular, domed pedestal base mounted by four cast elk or stag head's legs with hoof feet; rounded cover is topped by a cube-and-ball finial. Cover, neck and body feature flat-chased curvilinear arches and pendants with shells and rosettes at their centers; body has swags with tassels connecting the pendants and two empty rectangular reserves at front and back. Knuckled-arm spigot has twist handle with bone knobs. Scroll-bracketed circular frame attached to interior of legs holds a removable, scroll-handled, single-wick spirit burner. Underside of base struck incuse with the circular, balanced-scales-in-shield mark of "MERIDEN / B. COMPANY", overstruck by another incuse circular mark for "ROGERS & BRO. / WATERBURY CONN." in serif letters; both above "1874 1/2".
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Insilco Corporation
date made
1867 - 1871
ID Number
1984.0424.01
accession number
1984.0424
catalog number
1984.0424.01
Object Name
urn, coffee
Physical Description
silver plate (overall material)
bone or ivory (knobs material)
cotton (wick material)
electroplated (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
overall: 16 7/8 in x 10 3/4 in x 9 7/8 in; 42.8625 cm x 27.305 cm x 25.0825 cm
place made
United States: Connecticut, Meriden
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Beverages
Coffee Drinking
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_322815