Coffeepot

Object Name:

Coffeepot

Object ID:

1955.203 a-b

Date:

1850

Description:

Coffeepot with lid, part of a set. Porcelain. Bulging body with tall neck, pedestal base, scroll handle, S-shaped spout with built in strainer, and dome shaped lid with flower finial. Body is slightly fluted. Body is decorated with hand painted blue and gold, and decal flowers done in blue, yellow, pink, orange, green and brown. Field of blue on shoulder and on edge of lid. Blue field is outlined in gold with lines, scrolls and flowers. Decal floral bouquets above and below blue band. Bands of gold on edge of base, rim, handle and spout. Spout also decorated with gold images of flowers and scrolls. Lid has one hole through the top. Maker's mark on bottom hand painted in red "521".
Object register:
a. pot
b. lid

Material:

Ceramic
Porcelain

Dimensions:

H-10.6 W-10 D-6.9 inches

Provenance:

Given in memory of the donor's aunt, Ellen Cuthbert Roberts (1857-) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who, according to typed statement from donor, "cared for them during her long life and then left them to me." This set was a wedding gift to Ellen Cuthbert Robert's parents, Ellen Chase (1831-1912) and Anthony Cuthbert Roberts (1826-1891) of Philadelphia, PA., and Hopkinton, NH, who married in 1853. Ellen Cuthbert Roberts was unmarried, and resided with her parents until their death.

Credit Line:

Bequest of Alice Roberts Turner, in memory of Ellen Cuthbert Roberts

People:

Roberts, Ellen Chase (1831-1912), Roberts, Anthony Cuthbert (1826-1891), Roberts, Ellen Cuthbert (1855-1935), Turner, Alice Roberts (1888-c. 1956)