COFFEE IN RELATION TO THE FINE ARTS Page 9

Judge Clearwater's collection of colonial silver in the Metropolitan Museum, to which he is constantly adding, is a magnificent one; and the coffee pot is worthy of it. It is thirteen and one-half inches high, weighs forty-four ounces, exclusive of the ebony handle, has a curved body and splayed base, with a godrooned band to the base and a similar edge to the cover. The spout is elaborate and curved; the cover has an urn-shaped finial; and there is a decoration of an engraved medallion surrounded by a wreath with a ribbon forming a true lover's knot.

 

Halsey Collection

By Samuel Minott
Halsey Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

By Charles Hatfield
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Clearwater Collection

By Pygan Adams
Clearwater Collection

London Pot, 1773–74

London Pot, 1773–74

From Francis Hill Bigelow's "Historic Silver of the Colonies"

By Jacob Hurd

By Paul Revere

By Paul Revere

From Francis Hill Bigelow's "Historic Silver of the Colonies"

SILVER COFFEE POTS IN AMERICAN COLLECTIONS

English Sheffield Plate Coffee Pots and Coffee Urn, Eighteenth Century
SILVER COFFEE POTS IN AMERICAN COLLECTIONS

 


Coffee Pot by Wm. Shaw and Wm. Priest

Coffee Pot by Wm. Shaw and Wm. Priest

Made for Peter Faneuil (about 1751–52), who gave to Boston Faneuil Hall, called the cradle of American liberty

Pot of Sheffield Plate, 18th Century

Pot of Sheffield Plate, 18th Century
In the Metropolitan Museum

Silver Pot by Ephraim Brasher

Silver Pot by Ephraim Brasher
In the Clearwater Collection, Metropolitan Museum