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Coffee Pot
- Maker: Roswell Gleason
- Medium: Pewter
- Place Made: Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA
- Dates: ca. 1830
- Dimensions: 10 7/8 x 10 x 7 1/8 in. (27.6 x 25.4 x 18.1 cm)
- Markings: Impressed on underside in center: "ROSWELL GLEASON"
- Collections: Decorative Arts
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor - Accession Number: 27.532
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Samuel Doughty
- Image: Overall, 27.532.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
- Catalogue Description: Pewter coffee pot with hinged lid. Pear-shaped body raised on continuous pedestal foot with round base tapering to narrow stem then flaring out to body; body flares out at top. Large, arching triangular spout attached to body over pierced holes; opposing ear-shaped handle. Conforming lid has flat rim then rises to low, stepped dome with disc and ball finial; lid covers most of spout except for opening at end. Condition: Fair; allover tarnish and spots of corrosion; several corroded holes on handle and one on lower part of body. Bottom has been repaired / re-soldered to body.
ninakuriloff
Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum 
