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Coffeepot

Object Name:
Coffeepot
Object ID:
1914.014.063 a-b
Place of Origin:
Staffordshire, England
Date:
1800-1820
Description:
Coffeepot with cover. Pearlware, Blue transfer printed on white; Molded ovoid body with flaring curved foot, narrow tapered neck, applied loop handle and long curved spout. Dome lid with a short flat shoulder and pointed round knob. Farm scene on two sides of body, farmer and two horses at a hay crib, cottage, barns around a brook. Trees in background. Alternating band of two leaves and flowers around neck and top of lid. Flowers on back of handle and spout. Flower on top of knob.
Material:
Ceramic
Earthenware - Transfer-printed
Dimensions:
H-10.4 W-9.2 Dia-5.4 inches
Provenance:
Ceramics collected by Martha E. Durgin (1833-1916) of Concord, NH. She began collecting in the late 1880s and donated the collection to the Society in 1914.
Credit Line:
Gift of Martha E. Durgin
Subjects:
Agriculture, Farm life
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