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
ca. 1770
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 13 x 10 x 5 3/4 in. ( 33 x 25.4 x 14.6 cm )
Silver Weight with wood: 42 oz (troy) 4 dwt (1312 g)
Description
Wrought silver coffeepot; pear-shaped body on a molded circular pedestal foot with a band of gadrooning and a band of reeding around the edge; reeded rim; hinged, molded and stepped dome lid with an applied gadrooned lip; cast acanthus finial screwed through the center of the dome; high curved spout with chased shell and acanthus decoration; cast shell and scroll handle sockets fitted with a wooden double-scroll handle; maker's marks on base.
Credit Line
Purchase
Object Number
1964.9
Marks
stamped: on base: "BRASHER" in a rectangle above "N. YORK" in a rectangle
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
