Coffee Pot
Decorative Arts and Design
“Here’s milk, ho!” One of the welcome sounds of old Brooklyn was the shout from the milk seller, whose daily visit to local neighborhoods would fill the air with the sweet smells of butter and milk.
MEDIUM
Silver-plate
DATES
ca. 1885
DIMENSIONS
9 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (24.1 x 16.5 x 14 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
on bottom: P in diamond surrounded by QUADRUPLE PLATE in a circle surrounded by PAIRPOINT MFG CO / . NEW BEDFORD . MASS . ; 110 below.
SIGNATURE
Unsigned
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
1990.160.1
CREDIT LINE
H. Randolph Lever Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Coffeepot, silver-plated white metal, of Turkish form. Bellied, low body is crumpled in alternating horizontal and vertical dents and sits on circular foot ring. Above is long, tapering neck which flares outward to ruffled rim. Gently curving s-shaped spout with crumpled section below a ring near juncture with body. C-shaped handle with crumpled section below a ring near juncture with body and another crumpled section between two rings at thumb piece. Rasped triangle where lid strikes handle. Domed, hinged lid, crumpled in lower section, with ball finial and rasped triangle lid strikes handle. Matte finish on body, neck, lower section of lid. Part of set with 1990.160.1-.5.
CONDITION - Normal wear. Pinpoint dent on front on body above crumpled area. Hinge replaced with a straight pin.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Pairpoint Manufacturing Company (1880â1929). Coffee Pot, ca. 1885. Silver-plate, 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (24.1 x 16.5 x 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 1990.160.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 1990.160.1-.5_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
group, 1990.160.1-.5_bw.jpg.
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