Coffeepot

Object Name:

Coffeepot

Object ID:

1980.047.30 a-b

Place of Origin:

England

Date:

1825-1840

Description:

Coffeepot with removable lid. Copper lustre glazed. Vase-shaped body with slightly concave neck and protruding ring between the body and the neck. Scroll handle and spout with built in strainer on the opposite side. Exterior is fully copper lustre glazed within a band of green and copper floral stenciling on the lower part of the body. The interior of the neck is also copper lustre. Interior of the lower body is white glazed. Lid is dome-shaped and has a button finial and is decorated with a band of green and copper floral stenciling. Molded bead decoration at the rim of the pot and along the edge of the lid. Molded scroll decoration on the semi-cordate handle including a thumb rest.
Resist decoration appears throughout bands in luster; on pot, the decoration consists of abstract leaves and berries; on cover, of abstract vines.

Material:

Ceramic

Dimensions:

H-8.2 W-7.875 Dia-5.375 inches

Provenance:

Part of a large collection of 18th- & 19th-century ceramics, given by their collector, Alma (Mrs. Harold G.) Duckworth (1899-2003) of Orford, N.H.

Credit Line:

Gift of Alma Duckworth

People:

Duckworth, Alma (1899-2003)