Carafe, "The Hollywood Set Pattern"

Unknown Designer

Caption

Unknown Designer. Carafe, "The Hollywood Set Pattern", 1937. Silver-aluminum (Amilite), glass, cork, carafe with tray (height): 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm) carafe (height): 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm); diameter: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm) tray (diameter): 6 in. (15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of John C. Waddell, 2008.58.16a-d. Creative Commons-BY

Title

Carafe, "The Hollywood Set Pattern"

Date

1937

Geography

Place manufactured: Norwich, Connecticut, United States

Medium

Silver-aluminum (Amilite), glass, cork

Classification

Food/Drink

Dimensions

carafe with tray (height): 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm) carafe (height): 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm); diameter: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm) tray (diameter): 6 in. (15.2 cm)

Inscriptions

Paper labels on bottom of tray and carafe: "406 Dreyfuss c. 1937". This attribution is unsubstantiated.

Markings

Impressed on underside of carafe: "THE AMERICAN THERMOS BOTTLE CO. NORWICH, CONN. U.S.A. THE ONLY THERMOS REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. REPLACEMENT FILTER NO. 525F MADE IN U.S.A."

Credit Line

Gift of John C. Waddell

Accession Number

2008.58.16a-d

Rights

Creative Commons-BY

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