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Coffee Pot

(American, 1724–1803)
about 1750–60
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniqueSilver, wood handle
DimensionsOverall height: 28.3 cm (11 1/8 in.); Diam of base: 12.7 cm (5 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number50.3595
On View
On view
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
Collections
Inscriptionsengraved on pourer's side with Symmes arms in assymetrical cartouche with garlands and pendent strawbery. Later script O on other side
ProvenanceEarly history unknown. Purchased by the Museum from Shreve, Crump and Low, December 1950 for $2,040.
About 1740–50
about 1755
about 1755–60
1740–65
about 1740–56
18th century
mid-19th century
16th–17th centuries
17th–19th centuries