Coffeepot with tray

Coffeepot with tray
Coffeepot with tray
Coffeepot with tray
Object name 
Coffeepot with tray
Date 
ca. 1860
Medium 
Silver
Dimensions 
a (coffeepot): 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 5 1/8 in. (29.2 x 21.6 x 13 cm) b (stand): 3/4 x 7 x 6 3/4 in. (1.9 x 17.8 x 17.1 cm)
Description 
Seamed silver coffeepot and stand; curved and fluted, tapered ovoid body with a flat applied base and shoulder with a raised convex lip decorated with simple lines; all over steel roller-die cut engraving in geometric and floral patterns with a shield shaped reserve on each side; hinged, oval domed cover with an steel roller engraved border and an urn shaped finial; straight tapered oval spout, seamed on the upper side with foliate bright-cut pendants at the lip, up the underside from the base and at the sides; handle sockets, upper vertical, lower curved to fit ivory insulators and squared silver handle with steel roller-die engraving; "L S L H" engraved in the front shield-shaped reserve in gothic letters. Flat silver stand in the shape of the coffeepot with raised, molded edge with a cast rim in the form of egg and dart molding; flat surface steel roller die engraved with foliate designs around a shield shaped reserve engraved, "L S L H" in gothic letters; four acanthus on ball feet at the corners.
Credit Line 
Gift of Sarah Lawrence Horn and Mary Thurston Horn
Object Number 
1935.50ab
Marks 
engraved: in shield-shaped reserve: "L S L H" Mark: stamped incuse on base: "GALE & WILLIS/ NEW-YORK/ GALE & WILLIS / 925 STERLING"
Gallery Label 
This coffeepot and stand belonged to Lydia S. Lawrevce Horn, daughter of John L. Lawrence and wife of William Thurston Horn.
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