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Coffeepot

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1825-1875

GUSN

GUSN-34875

Description

Round, pewter coffeepot; black-painted S-shaped handle; curved spout; tall, hinged lid with disk ornament on top; impressed band around body where spout and handle meet; bands also below the lid and around the lid.

Details

Descriptive Terms

coffeepots
pewter (tin alloy)
pewter (tin alloy)
tin (metal)
britannia metal
Vessel, Drink Serving
Coffeepot
Coffeepot

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

11 1/2 x 8 (HxW), 4 3/4 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift from Mr. Louis F. Snow

Accession Number

1932.487

Places

Chattanooga (Hamilton county, Tennessee)
Tennessee (United States)

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