Coffeepot

Object Name:

Coffeepot

Object ID:

1983.028.01

Creator:

Adams, Chandler & Company -- Manufacturer

Place of Origin:

New York, NY

Date:

1869-1870

Description:

Coffeepot. Silver-plated white metal. Consists of three pieces: base, revolving unit, and coffee dispenser. Body of pot is double walled. Scroll design along base of pedestal and top and base of revolving unit. Pot has egg-shaped body and attached hinged, domed lid. Covered spout and attached loop handle and pedestal base. Two lugs extend from center of body; these lugs fit into slots for pivoting. On back of base is a small cup with cork. Floral finials at tops of lid, spout cover, and handle. Greek key scroll design at both ends of handles. Spout is relatively small and decorated with scrolls. Interior of spout has a built-in strainer that is circular and has numerous round holes. Engraved on side of body is black lettering, "White." Two holes in bottom of base. Two production marks on bottom; one is a round disk, soldered to bottom. In sans-serif lettering, "PATENTED BY JAS. STIMPSON / 1855. / NO. __" . In Roman letting, "EXTENDED / FOR SEVEN YEARS. " A rectangular mark is also soldered to bottom with text, "EGG SHAPED DESIGN / SEAMLESS LINED / PAT'D. APRIL. 23. 1867. / 830", sans-serif. Scratched on bottom is "10" . Revolving unit is circular with two posts extending 6.5" high. Each post is in the form of a woman's figure with a vase shape on her head supporting a slotted disk (the lugs on the pot fit into disks). Bowl portion of the revolving unit has 12 holes in surface and rim has a small stopper. Base of revolving unit has a brass tube that extends 1.5". Tube fits into pedestal. Pedestal base is round and stepped and has the following marks on its bottom: a round soldered base has text in Roman letters, YEAMANS' SWING& REVOLVING PITCHER / PATENTED / JUNE 22ND / 1869", incuse. Another is in sans-serif letters, "IMPROVED / AUG 10. 1869", and "ADAMS CHANDLER & CO / NEW YORK".

Material:

Metal
Silver
Cork

Dimensions:

H-17.75 W-11.125 D-9.125 inches

Provenance:

Associated with the White Memorial Universalist Church (organized 1842), Concord, NH, and/or the family of Nathaniel (1811-1880) and Armenia (1817-1916) White, benefactors for whom the Church was renamed in 1885.

Credit Line:

Gift of White Memorial Universalist Church

People:

White, Armenia S. (1817-1916), White, Nathaniel (1811-1880)

Subjects:

Coffee pots