Coffee Service
date: label: Date
content: 1903
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Coffee service consisting of tray (a), creamer (b), coffee pot (c) and sugar bowl (d). Service features repoussé and chased with flowers and tendrils, all parts engraved with interlaced monogram ECM. Tray (a) is rectangular-shaped with cut out handles. Engraved on bottom: “Presented by the Attachés of the Sheriff's Office of New York County during years 1902–1903 to Edward C. Moen Under Sheriff.” Creamer (b) with short body, curved handle, and tall neck forming open spout. Coffee pot (c) with tall neck, slender spot, and curved handle with ivory rings. Domed, hinged cover with finial. Sugar bowl (d) is squat bowl with scrolled foot and rim, curved handles.
place: label: used in
content: New York, New York, USA
label: made in
content: Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Edward C. Möen
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1963-77-1-a/d
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: coffee service
label: Type
content: coffee service
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver, gold, ivory
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (tray (a)): 3 × 37 × 22.6 cm (1 3/16 × 14 9/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (creamer (b)): 12.1 × 10.2 × 7.3 cm (4 3/4 in. × 4 in. × 2 7/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (coffee pot (c)): 27.5 × 19.2 × 11.8 cm (10 13/16 × 7 9/16 × 4 5/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (sugar bowl (d)): 8 × 14.2 × 11.2 cm (3 1/8 × 5 9/16 × 4 7/16 in.)