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Coffee Pot and Lid

Enoch Woodca. 1825-1835

Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York City, United States

Glazed earthenware coffee pot (a) and lid (b) with dark blue transfer-printed underglaze decoration. Bulbous body raised on foot rim; sectioned at collar which tapers in then flares out again to top opening; attached curving spout and opposing ear-shaped handle. Lid is round and slightly domed, fits within opening of coffee pot, finial in form of beehive. Covered all-over with blue decorations of flowers and leaves; on each side of body, landscape scene with George Washington standing at a tomb with a scroll in hand, ships on water in background.Source of view: Condition: Good. Coffee Pot (a) rim worn on bottom. Scratches in outer right side center of design. Lid (b) chip on outer rim and small scrapes and worn spots.

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  • Title: Coffee Pot and Lid
  • Creator Nationality: 0
  • Date Created: ca. 1825-1835
  • Location Created: Stoke-on-Trent, Burslem, Staffordshire, England
  • Type: Food/Drink, Service
  • Rights: Gift of the estate of Emily Winthrop Miles
  • External Link: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/1236/Coffee_Pot_and_Lid
  • Medium: Earthenware
  • Signed: no signature
  • Markings: One indistinguishable dark blue transfer-printed letter or number on bottom of base.
  • Maker: Enoch Wood and Sons
  • Inscribed: no inscriptions
  • Dimensions: 6 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (15.2 x 14 x 14 cm)
  • Collection: Decorative Arts
  • Accession number: 64.82.240a-b
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