| Accession # | 71.144.1 |
|---|---|
| Maker | Tiffany & Company |
| Title | Coffee Pot |
| Date | ca. 1868 |
| Medium | Silver |
| Dimensions | 9 in. (22.9 cm) |
| Marks | On bottom: "Tiffany & Company / 1516 / M Quality 925-1000 M / 2740 / 550 Broadway" |
| Inscriptions | Inscribed on body of one side of pot: "Presented to / Peter B. Anderson / by the / Old Dominion Steamship Co. / 1868." Inscribed on the opposite side of the body: a large paddle wheel steamboat. |
| Signed | no signature |
| Credit Line | Gift of Eleanor Keveney in memory of Clarence A. Pratt |
| Location | Visible Storage: Case 22, Shelf C (Silver) |
| Description | Silver coffee pot, part of a five-piece service. Globular body with modified Greek key band around mid-section, surmounted by tall cylindrical neck topped with slightly domed cover with berry finial. Tall vertical spout attached to globular body with inverted fan-like palmette motif. Vertical handle with high arched top, joined to body and neck of pot with scroll motifs and saw-toothed border. CONDITION: One dent in lid and three in the body. Small piece missing from ivory at juncture of handle with the body of the coffee pot. |
