Coffeepot
date: label: date made
content: 1828
notes: label: Description
content: Raised double-bellied coffeepot with domed, hinged lid topped by a cast swan, its head down and wings outstretched, on a flared pedestal of overlapping waterleaves or acanthus atop a flat circular base. Four, freestanding, upward-curved lobes are mounted to the high C-loop cylindrical handle, which is pinned into ivory insulators and flared circular ruffled sockets, while a cast sea creature rides the short, acanthus-covered, bellied spout. Chased and repousse clusters and swags of fruit encircle the flat shoulder and upper body above two scenes of winged putti riding chariots, one pulled by a pair of griffins and the other by lions; neoclassical arabesques with birds and circular masks at bottom. Cover is engraved in front of swan with McKim crest above the gothic or Old English letters "H M\c K". Outside of base struck with maker's mark and Baltimore Assay Office marks. No centerpunch. From tea and coffee service, DL*382527-DL*382529.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. William Duncan McKim
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.382528
label: catalog number
content: 382528
label: accession number
content: 161740
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coffeepot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 1/2 in x 11 7/8 in x 6 1/4 in; 36.83 cm x 30.1625 cm x 15.875 cm