Hot Water Urn with Lid on Stande with Spirit Lamp

Keller Frères

Caption

Keller Frères (1856 – 1947). Hot Water Urn with Lid on Stande with Spirit Lamp, ca. 1900. Silver plated, 18 1/8 x 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (46 x 10.8 x 10.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Margaret Liebman Berger and Charles J. Liebman, Jr. in memory of Aline and Charles J. Liebman, 77.188.2a-d.

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Hot Water Urn with Lid on Stande with Spirit Lamp

Date

ca. 1900

Medium

Silver plated

Classification

Food/Drink

Dimensions

18 1/8 x 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (46 x 10.8 x 10.8 cm)

Signatures

no signature

Inscriptions

Engraved on neck of urn: "CAL"

Markings

(a) Stamped on bottom: diamond enclosing "GK" above "G. KELLER/PARIS"; stamped hexagon on side. (b) Stamped along edge head profile in haxagon, "G. KELLER" and diamond enclosing "GK." (c) stamped on one foot: diamond enclosing "GK" and "G. KELLER" (d) Stamped on bottom: diamond ring enclosing "GK" above "G. KELLER/PARIS" above head profile in hexagon.

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret Liebman Berger and Charles J. Liebman, Jr. in memory of Aline and Charles J. Liebman

Accession Number

77.188.2a-d

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