Coffeepot and Lid
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM
Brass (plated white metal) and rosewood
DATES
1952â1953
DIMENSIONS
11 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (29.2 x 21.6 x 14.0 cm)
MARKINGS
Underside, impressed: "dr [company logo]"
ACCESSION NUMBER
1994.205.10a-b
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Daniel Morris and Denis Gallion
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Tall brass plated white metal (a) coffee pot with (b) lid; rosewood handle (a) Truncated conical shaped brass plated metal coffee pot, narrow at top and widening at base, with to one side, wide, applied protruding spout with thin, outward curved lip, spout reaching 3/4 length of body; opposed by large, thick, ear-shaped rosewood handle, attached at top and bottom with single, thin,wide, brass plated metal band, band attached with two single small pins; handle reaching 3/4 of main body. Interior of coffee pot: spout area with pierced, regularly spaced holes in the shape of a long, three tine fork. (b) Conforming, flat, brass plated metal disc lid, with dish shaped finial with central column, the whole attached with a single white metal screw on underside of lid.
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