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Accession # 1990.90.5a-b
Designer Walter Dorwin Teague
Maker Taylor Smith & Taylor
Title Coffee Pot
Date ca. 1950
Medium Earthenware
Dimensions Coffee Pot (a): 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 4 1/8 Lid (b): 1 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.
Marks printed in black on bottom: TAYLOR SMITH TAYLOR / U.S.A. / 350 / CONVERSATION (in banner) / 5 / DESIGN BY WALTER DORWIN TEAGUE
Inscriptions no inscriptions
Signed no signature
Credit Line Gift of Paul F. Walter
Location Visible Storage: Case 19, Shelf A (Pewter)
Description Coffeepot (a) and lid (b), glazed earthenware. Part of a three-piece coffee set. Short rounded square foot rim above which rises body of pot, also in rounded square (or squared cylindrical) shape, slightly flaring, to in-turned rim into which fits a rounded square lid (b) with rounded rectangular horizontal finial, concave on long sides. On front of pot the body flares outward to form a spout contiguous with the body, rising slightly above rim. Vertical C-shaped handle. Entire pot is white. CONDITION - Glaze crazed and badly discolored in craquelure on body; chip to guard on inner rim of lid.