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Signature Thermal Carafe

Decorative Arts and Design

On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MANUFACTURER Wovo
MEDIUM Metal-plated ABS plastic, glass
  • Place Manufactured: China
  • DATES Designed 2002
    DIMENSIONS 11 x 7 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. (27.9 x 18.4 x 14 cm)  (show scale)
    MARKINGS Molded on bottom: "WOVO [the W is inscribed within ovoid (egg)]"
    ACCESSION NUMBER 2004.93.1
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Sam Farber
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Plastic carafe and screw stopper with appearance of brushed stainless steel. Cylindrical body of carafe tapers to high waist and then flares out to top rim. Slightly pulled spout opposes integral handle that forms a continuous arch extending from the line of top rim to base. Stopper screws into a recessed opening approximately 1.5 inches from highest point of top rim. Cylindrical stopper flares toward top and is composed of two sections of plastic, matte black on bottom section that screws into carafe and silver-metallic on top. Top of stopper concave and canted higher toward one side. Interior of top rim and recess for stopper as well as exterior of handle have reflective steel appearance. Carafe body holds glass thermos. Original box, packaging and instructions retained. Condition: Unused.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
    CAPTION Scott Henderson, Smart Design. Signature Thermal Carafe, Designed 2002. Metal-plated ABS plastic, glass, 11 x 7 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. (27.9 x 18.4 x 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Sam Farber, 2004.93.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Scott Henderson, CUR.2004.93.1.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.2004.93.1.jpg. Scott Henderson, 2024
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