Coffee Pot
1731-1732
Artists
Description
Tapering cylindrical on spreading molded foot, with wood scroll handle and slightly scrolling faceted spout, the hinged domed cover with baluster finial.
Dimensions
22.2 × 19.7 × 11.7 cm (8 3/4 × 7 3/4 × 4 5/8 in.) 641 g
Provenance
C. R. Simpkins, Cambridge, MA, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1933.
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