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Coffee Urn, "Coronet Pattern", Model No. 90121

Decorative Arts and Design

On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM Chromed metal, Bakelite, glass
DATES 1938
DIMENSIONS 12 x 10 1/4 x 10 in. (30.5 x 26 x 25.4 cm)  (show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER 2008.58.22a-d
CREDIT LINE Gift of John C. Waddell
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Coffee urn (a), lid (b), basket (c), and detached cord (d) Spherical body divided at the top to form a removable lid with a ribbed cylindrical finial with two arched and ribbed ivory-colored side handles and a spigot with a fan-shaped ivory-colored handle supported on cylindrical fluted stand and a thick circular ivory-colored base
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MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION Walter von Nessen (American, born Germany, 1889–1943). Coffee Urn, "Coronet Pattern", Model No. 90121, 1938. Chromed metal, Bakelite, glass, 12 x 10 1/4 x 10 in. (30.5 x 26 x 25.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of John C. Waddell, 2008.58.22a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 2008.58.22a-d_2008.58.23a-b_2008.58.24_2008.58.25_PS2.jpg)
IMAGE 2008.58.22a-d_2008.58.23a-b_2008.58.24_2008.58.25_PS2.jpg.
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Walter von Nessen (American, born Germany, 1889–1943). <em>Coffee Urn, "Coronet Pattern", Model No. 90121</em>, 1938. Chromed metal, Bakelite, glass, 12 x 10 1/4 x 10 in. (30.5 x 26 x 25.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of John C. Waddell, 2008.58.22a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 2008.58.22a-d_2008.58.23a-b_2008.58.24_2008.58.25_PS2.jpg)