Coffee pot, creamer, and sugar bowl
Towle Silversmiths
(established 1882)
about 1930
Medium/TechniqueSilver and ebony (or ebonized wood)
DimensionsCoffee pot: 12.4 x 26.7 x 9.2 cm (4 7/8 x 10 1/2 x 3 5/8 in.)
Creamer: 7.6 x 14 x 6.4 cm (3 x 5 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)
Sugar: 8.3 x 14.9 x 6.4 cm (3 1/4 x 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Creamer: 7.6 x 14 x 6.4 cm (3 x 5 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)
Sugar: 8.3 x 14.9 x 6.4 cm (3 1/4 x 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2014.1445.1-3
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSilver
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1987, owned by Rudolf Ammann (dealer), Brooklyn Heights, New York; November 23, 1987, sold by Ammann to John Axelrod, Boston, Massachusetts; 2008, promised gift of John Axelrod to the Museum; 2014, gift of Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)
about 1810
