Coffeepot with Lid, "Museum" Pattern
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Counterparts
MEDIUM
Porcelain
DATES
ca. 1942–1943
DIMENSIONS
10 x 7 x 4 1/2 in. (25.4 x 17.8 x 11.4 cm)
(show scale)
MARKINGS
no marks
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
ACCESSION NUMBER
1992.98.1a-b
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Paul F. Walter
PROVENANCE
Prior to 1992, provenance not yet documented; by 1992, acquired by Paul F. Walter of New York, NY; 1992, gift of Paul F. Walter to the Brooklyn Museum.
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CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
"Museum" pattern. Coffee pot (a) with lid (b), white porcelain with vitreous glaze; tall barrel shaped torso sloped inward to narrow cylindrical neck; ridge around interior of lip for lid support; attached sloped, flat curving handle and opposing tall sloped spout with thin, protruding lip; underside flat with narrow circular ridge. Lid is shallow dome with center rising to continuous short cylindrical finial. Museum pattern.
CONDITION - Excellent.
CAPTION
Eva Zeisel (American, born Hungary, 1906–2011). Coffeepot with Lid, "Museum" Pattern, ca. 1942–1943. Porcelain, 10 x 7 x 4 1/2 in. (25.4 x 17.8 x 11.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Paul F. Walter
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