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Coffeepot

Dateca. 1810

OriginEngland, Staffordshire

MediumRefined red earthenware (silver lusterware)

DimensionsOH: 10 1/2”; H: 8 3/8” (to top of handle); OL: 8 3/4" (handle to spout); OD: 4 15/16” (body at widest point).

Credit LineGift of Jerry Dalton and Christopher Duvall

Object number2024-103,A&B

DescriptionCoffeepot: spreading foot rises to baluster-shaped body with molded reeds at lower half; slight S-shaped spout opposite ear-shaped extruded double C-scroll handle with plain thumbpiece at top and slight kick to the rounded terminals at the top and bottom of the handle. The high domed cover molded with reeds to match the lower half of the coffeepot body; a deep bezel fits inside the pot; the lid topped by a mushroom or spool-shaped finial. The exterior of the vessel covered in solid platinum luster decoration that pulls away from interior of the lid; the interior of the body painted with the luster just at the third and much of the center portion of the underside of the foot left unpainted. Three contact points from a triangular stilt may be seen on the underside of the foot.
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ProvenancePrior to 2024, private collection. March 2024, acquired by the donors via e-Bay. In April 2024, given to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia.