Coffee Pot

Artist:Daniel Christian Fueter

Medium: Silver, wood

Geograhical Locations:

• New York, New York, United States

Dates:ca. 1765

Dimensions: 12 1/8 x 6 x 10 in. (30.8 x 15.2 x 25.4 cm)

Collections:

• Decorative Arts and Design

Museum Location: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Radical Care

Exhibitions:

• Behind Closed Doors: Art in the Spanish American Home, 1492–1898
• Toward Joy: New Frameworks for American Art

Accession Number: 20.796

Image: 20.796_PS6.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Coffee pot with flaring molded base, soldered to a bulbous body which tapers in to a long, slender cylinder terminating in the molded rim. The long slender spout which runs parallel to the coffee pot is adorned with heavy foliate forms at its juncture with the body. There is a shell motif at the end of the spout. The wooden handle is joined to the body with a similar foliate form. The handle tip in silver consists of a curve and pendant drop. The round, dome-shaped cover is hinged to the rim and terminates in an artichoke-like finial. There is a monogram in cursive script on one side. CONDITION: Good.

Brooklyn Museum