Object Details
Designer
Walter von Nessen, American, 1889 - 1943
Manufacturer
Chase Brass & Copper Co., founded 1876
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Spherical coffee maker (a) having small nozzle on lower front with arched white plastic spigot (c); curved ridged white plastic handles on left and right; domed chrome lid (b) with clear ridged knob at top; fluted columnar chrome base on circular white plastic foot; “HIGH/LOW” switch on right side of column, prongs for electrical cord on back.
Credit Line
Gift of Mel Byars
Date
1938–1942
Accession Number
1991-59-87-a/c
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
metalwork
Decorative Arts
Object Name
Coffee maker
Type
Coffee maker
Medium
chrome-plated metal, plastic
Dimensions
H x W x D: 30 x 27 x 25.5 cm (11 13/16 x 10 5/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
manufactured in
Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1991-59-87-a_c