Fountain
Alternate TitleCoffee Urn
Artist
Thomas Bolton
(Irish, died 1736)
Date1702
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 13 1/2 inches (34.29 cm)
Credit LineThe Folgers Coffee Silver Collection, Gift of The Procter & Gamble Company; Collected by Joseph S. Atha
Object numberF99-21/34 A,B
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DescriptionSilver coffee urn with a body bellied out at the bottom and a tall incurved neck at the top. Decorated with cut card work and fitted with three spouts with dolphins as valve handles. The urn is on three legs and has harp-shaped side handles and a dome cover with cut card and fluted finial
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