Collection Highlights
View of St. Patrick's Cathedral from Inside Rockefeller Center: Study for a Set of Painted Doors
2002
2002.46
Gouache, colored pencil, and graphite on gray paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Coffeepot
Object name
Coffeepot
Date
1825-1875
Medium
Iron, tin
Dimensions
Overall: 12 x 10 3/4 x 5 7/8 in. ( 30.5 x 27.3 x 14.9 cm )
Description
Tinned sheet iron and lacquered coffeepot with splayed circular foot, seamed baluster body, bracketed spout, reinforced strap handle and hinged domed lid with mushroom finial; body decorated with chased, stippled image of basket of flowers and intercrossing bands.
Credit Line
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number
1937.466
Marks
stamped: on handle in block letters: "J. KETTERE[R]"
Gallery Label
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
