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Carafe
- Designers: Roger Nowland; Peter Schladermundt
- Manufacturer: The American Thermos Bottle Company, 1907-1956
- Medium: Chromed and painted aluminum, glass
- Place Manufactured: Norwich, Connecticut, USA
- Dates: ca. 1935
- Dimensions: 6 1/8 x 6 7/8 x 5 1/4 in. (15.6 x 17.5 x 13.3 cm)
- Markings: Molded letters on bottom of base: "THE AMERICAN THERMOS BOTTLE CO. / THE ONLY / THERMOS / REG. U.S. PAT. OFFICE / No. 3570 / VACUUM BOTTLE / NORWICH, CONN. U.S.A."
- Collections: Decorative Arts
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor - Accession Number: 1995.142a-b
- Credit Line: H. Randolph Lever Fund
- Image: Overall, 1995.142a-b_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
- Catalogue Description: Spherical aluminum and glass thermally insulated carafe (a) and stopper (b). (a) Spherical body of carafe in two halves: lower hemisphere is chrome-plated and continues into cylindrical base. Upper hemisphere is rose-colored; chrome-plated mouth with low neck and flaring spout is attached just below center point at top; opposing the spout, a rectangular strip of chrome-plated aluminum extends from the neck, makes a low arc over top of carafe, then curves down to meet side of body at point just above where two hemispheres meet; this handle gets thicker as it nears juncture with body. Inside of carafe is lined with glass for insulation. (b) Stopper is an aluminum cylinder that fits snuggly into mouth, surmounted by a spherical knob painted rose-colored pink. CONDITION: Good; tiny scratches and pock marks on chromed parts; abraded edge on glass lining at mouth where stopper gets inserted; also scratches and abrasions stopper; some cracks in paint and brown spots on knob of stopper.
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