Coffeepot
Myer Myers
(American, about 1723–1795)
about 1750–65
Object PlaceNew York, New York
Medium/TechniqueSilver, wood
DimensionsOverall: 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Barbara Lawrence Alfond in honor of the MFA Board of Trustees (2009-2011)
Accession number2011.1646
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSilver hollowware
Collections
ProvenanceDescended in the Ludlow family, originally from Yonkers, New York, then through the Gould family; about 1900, owned by Susan M. Ludlow Gould; 1909, lent by Susan M. Ludlow Gould to the Hudson-Fulton Exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; sold by the last descendent (south of Boston) to an unknown dealer; May 1996, dealer consigned piece to Carl R. Nordblom auctions; May 1996, purchased at Carl R. Nordblom auctions by Clark N. Pearce on behalf Barbara and Ted Alfond (Weston, MA); 2011, Barbara L. Alfond, Weston, MA; 2011, gift of Barbara Alfond to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 21, 2011)
Frances Myers
John Myers
