Coffee Biggin
date: label: date made
content: ca 1850 - 1875
notes: label: Description
content: Three-part round-cornered rectangular drip coffee maker with lion mask handles. Consists of a smaller upper section with domed cover topped by a mushroom knop that holds a removable, perforated basket for the coffee grounds; a larger lower section with bail-handled spigot for holding and serving the coffee; and a piercework-decorated base containing a spirit burner holder with heater or slug. All three sections friction fit together. Folded seams. Front of spigot stamped incuse "PATENT"; no other marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Spencer F. Baird
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.075341
label: catalog number
content: 75341
label: accession number
content: 14447
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coffee maker
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, white (knop; lion masks material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (spigot material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (spigot handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (heater material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 1/8 in x 8 in x 9 in; 43.4975 cm x 20.32 cm x 22.86 cm