Coffeepot
The tapering, cylindrical forms that characterized mid-eighteenth-century coffeepots can be seen in an example made by Daniel Henchman between 1755 and 1765 for a member of the Winthrop family. Shortly after, however, a newer rococo form came into vogue in Boston; it featured a swelled body and tall stepped foot. Henchman’s version of this coffeepot bears lively cast decoration on the spout and finely delineated details on the handle sockets, with matched stepped conical forms on the lid and foot. Henchman produced a slightly smaller example, with similar cast elements and a lower foot ring, for the Codman family. The initials on the body of the coffeepot have not been identified.
'This text has been adapted from "Silver of the Americas, 1600-2000," edited by Jeannine Falino and Gerald W.R. Ward, published in 2008 by the MFA. Complete references can be found in that publication.