"Coronet" coffee urn, Model No. 17088
Walter von Nessen
(American, born in Germany, 1889–1943)
Chase Brass & Copper Company
(active 1929 to the present)
designed about 1938; manufactured 1938–42
Object PlaceWaterbury, Connecticut
Medium/TechniqueChrome-plated brass, Bakelite (plastic), and Lucite (plastic)
DimensionsOverall: 33 x 26.7 x 26.7 cm (13 x 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2014.1379a-c
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTableware
Collections
Provenance2014, gift of John Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)
