White clay body w/ blue pearled glaze. Bulbous body tapering to an indented base w/ molded line banding and circular foot. Cylindrical neck w/ circular mouth. Strap handle at back S-shaped spout. High domed lid w/ button knop. Small rim surmounting flange ring. Underglaze of cobalt blue painted decoration in the Chinese manner. Crosshatch border bands at rim. Large central floral motif w/ small random sprigs throughout.
coffeepots
pearlware
floral patterns
Pearlware
Floral
COFFEEPOT
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
12.125 x 9.375 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.252
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