Large pewter coffeepot with flower-shaped or scalloped top echoed by molded scallop pattern on body. Hinged lid with black-painted wooden knop. C-shaped black-painted wooden handle. S-shaped spout.
coffeepots
pewter (tin alloy)
tin (metal)
wood (plant material)
paint (coating)
britannia metal
Coffeepot
"DIXON & SON / 8" (stamped)
"93" (stamped)
James Dixon & Sons (Pewterer)
Sheffield, England
11 1/4 x 11 (HxW), 7 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Bridge
1950.478
1830-1833 (Circa)
Winchester (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Sheffield (Sheffield unitary authority, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom)
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