Coffeepot
- Object Name:
- Coffeepot
- Object ID:
- 1979.055.15
- Place of Origin:
- England (possibly)
- Date:
- circa 1830
- Description:
- Coffeepot. Silver or silverplate, with wooden handle. Cylindrical body with attached hinged lid and loop handle. Handle is carved wood (possibly originally painted black, but no remnants of paint). Two ends of handle fit into sockets soldered to body; handle ends are pinned into the sockets. Narrow S-shaped spout with built in strainer. Squat, round, pedestal base. Slanted gadrooning around top edge. Black painted finial is attached with wing nut. Stamped on bottom of base is number "87", as well as a small flower. Several small balls of silver on underside of base.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver
Wood - Dimensions:
- H-9.9 W-11 D-5 inches
- Provenance:
- List of items in accession file suggests that this pot belonged to Mary Jane Kent Thomas (1806-1897) of Concord NH, and New Bedford, MA, daughter of Col. William Austin Kent (1765-1840), and wife of Unitarian Rev. Moses George Thomas (1805-1880), married c.1830.
Mary Jane Kent Thomas was donor's grandmother. - Credit Line:
- Bequest of Louise Thomas Blanding
- Subjects:
- Coffee pots, Silver
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