On View
On viewCoffee Pots
DateLate 1700s to Early 1800s
Terms
- Coffee Pots
- Tin
Dimensions30.46 × 10.15 × 17.77 cm (12 × 4 × 7 in.)
Credit LineGift of Cummings E. Davis (1886)
Object numberH201
Description"Lighthouse" form; tall conical shape, with sharper cone for lid. Flat bottom, stright, tapered spout. Handle at right angle to spout. Bottom flanged and soldered to sides; sides are two pieces flanged on one side, soldered on other, with small triangular filler piece soldered under handle. Spout one piece soldered on, with nine holes punched behind it in side. Top edge of pot rolled around wire. Handle is tapered strip, edges rolled around wire, soldered on. Curved piece soldered to inside of handle, thumb piece soldered on top. Lid one piece cone flanged to ring which fits inside top of pot. "S" shaped finial soldered to top of lid. Triangular piece soldered over seam of lid, and wrapped around wire at top of pot to form hinge.
Object number: H0336