Coffeepot
date: label: date made
content: ca 1818 - 1853
notes: label: Description
content: Japanned conical coffeepot with low-domed, hinged lid topped by a small scroll at front. Tapered D- or ear-shaped strap handle is opposite of the straight, tapered, soft-soldered lapped-seam spout; flat bottom with projecting, folded edge. Wire-rimmed body has grooved band near top, an added triangular piece below its vertical folded seam, and is perforated at spout. Vibrant painted decoration features a right-facing, red and yellow, scalloped fanlike flower encircled by shaded or fingered-off fruits of blue, red orange and yellow, all detailed in black and set against an underlying, semitransparent white circle. Yellow brushwork borders rim and covers lid. No marks.
label: Description
content: Attributed to the Harvey Filley Tinshop of Philadelphia, PA, circa 1818-1853.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0119.06
label: accession number
content: 1978.0119
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0119.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coffeepot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tinned sheet iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (rims material)
label: Physical Description
content: asphaltum (exterior decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (exterior decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/16 in x 9 1/4 in x 6 1/16 in; 23.01875 cm x 23.495 cm x 15.39875 cm