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Pear-shaped pewter coffeepot with hinged, domed lid with ornament; curved spout; angular, curved handle with thumb rest; and band at base.
coffeepots
pewter (tin alloy)
pewter (tin alloy)
tin (metal)
britannia metal
Vessel, Drink Serving
Coffeepot
Coffeepot
"R.GLEASON" (stamped)
Gleason, Roswell, 1799-1887 (Maker)
Dorchester, Massachusetts
12 1/2 x 8 1/4 (HxW), 5 1/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift from Mrs. Frederick A. P. Fisher
1942.507
Chelmsford (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Dorchester (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
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