Coffee Pot
Artist
John Chartier
(English, active 1698 - 1731)
Date1709
MediumSilver with wood
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/8 × 4 3/4 inches (25.73 × 12.07 cm)
Credit LineThe Folgers Coffee Silver Collection, Gift of The Procter & Gamble Company; Collected by Joseph S. Atha
Object numberF99-21/1
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DescriptionSilver coffee pot with wood side handle; the plain cylindrical body is engraved with a coat-of-arms within a cartouche. The curved spout terminates in a cap with a hinge. The plain domed hinged cover is divided in bands and surmounted with a turned finial.Gallery LabelThe tall, tapered, cylindrical body of this coffee pot was formed from a single sheet of silver seamed vertically at the handle. The pot's shape and its high-domed lid were popular in the late-17th and early-18th centuries.
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