Coffee Pot
Object Label
“Here’s milk, ho!” One of the welcome sounds of old Brooklyn was the shout from the milk seller, whose daily visit to local neighborhoods would fill the air with the sweet smells of butter and milk.
Caption
Pairpoint Manufacturing Company 1880–1929. Coffee Pot, ca. 1885. Silver-plate, 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (24.1 x 16.5 x 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 1990.160.1. Creative Commons-BY
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Title
Coffee Pot
Date
ca. 1885
Geography
Place manufactured: New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
Medium
Silver-plate
Classification
Dimensions
9 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (24.1 x 16.5 x 14 cm)
Signatures
Unsigned
Inscriptions
no inscriptions
Markings
on bottom: P in diamond surrounded by QUADRUPLE PLATE in a circle surrounded by PAIRPOINT MFG CO / . NEW BEDFORD . MASS . ; 110 below.
Credit Line
H. Randolph Lever Fund
Accession Number
1990.160.1
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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