Collection Highlights

Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1766-1853)

Date:

ca. 1825

Object Number:

1920.4

Medium:

Watercolor on ivory

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Object name

Coffeepot

Date

1820-1870

Medium

Iron, paint

Dimensions

Overall: 8 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. ( 20.3 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm )

Description

Silver painted sheet iron coffeepot with handle and straight tapered spout at ninety degree angle and molded flower finial.

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Isobel Burt

Object Number

1943.396

Gallery Label

According to accession records, this object came from the Van Pelt family in Brooklyn. This form may be that of a chocolate pot.

Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.