Object Details
Designer
Michael Graves, (American, 1934–2015)
Producer
Swid Powell, American, 1982 - 2001
Description
White globular coffee pot (a) with circular handle, triangular spout, and integral x-shaped base glazed in red-brown; body decorated by four wavy blue-green lines; circular domed lid (b) with gilt spherical knop. Separate filter (c), its broad circular opening tapering to a slit in its circular foot; the white body with small circular handle, and decorated with gilt band at top and two blue-green wavy lines at mid-section.
Credit Line
Gift from the George R. Kravis II Collection
Date
1987
Accession Number
2019-29-7-a/c
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
ceramics
Decorative Arts
Object Name
Coffee pot and filter
Type
Coffee pot and filter
Medium
Enameled and gilt porcelain
Dimensions
H x W x D (coffee pot): 17.8 × 24.1 × 15.2 cm (7 in. × 9 1/2 in. × 6 in.)
H x W x D (filter): 10.2 × 16.5 × 12.1 cm (4 in. × 6 1/2 in. × 4 3/4 in.)
manufactured in
Japan
designed in
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_2019-29-7-a_c