Collection Highlights
Dragonfly Table lamp
c. 1900-1906
N84.113
Glass, bronze
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Coffee service
Object name
Coffee service
Date
1969-1986
Medium
Silver, rosewood
Dimensions
Part (coffeepot): 7 x 8 1/2 x 4 in. (17.8 x 21.6 x 10.2 cm)
Description
Silver coffee service including a coffee pot, sugar bowl, creamer; tapered clylindrical bodies with rounded shoulders; slightly domed lids with rosewood finials on the sugar and coffeepot; turned rosewood handles on the coffeepot and creamer; triangular spouts on the coffeepot and creamer.
Credit Line
Gift of Juan Pliego
Object Number
2000.193a-c
Marks
stamped: on the bases: "HAND WROUGHT/ STERLING"
Gallery Label
Juan Agustin Antonio Pliego Coonejo was born in Tolus Estado, Mexico. Pliego came to New York in 1965 and studied graphic design, which led to work as a layout editor for "Ladies Home Journal". During this time, he took his first silversmithing course with silversmith William Seitz at the YMCA on 8th Ave. and 50th St. Pliego soon became Seitz's teaching assistant. Pliego replaced Seitz in 1974, teaching at the Y until 1980, when he established J. P. Crafts Studio on 21st St. He retired in 1986.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
