About the Artwork
Coffeepot
ca. 1724
John White
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English
Unknown
Silver, wood
Overall: 10 × 7 1/16 × 6 1/4 inches, 882.7 g (25.4 × 18 × 15.9 cm, 1 pounds 15.1 ounces)
Silver
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund
43.37
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Stamp, on bottom center: [Britannia; lion's head erased, E in a shield] Stamp, on bottom center: Wh | * [in a shield] [date letter is for 1720-21, but the other marks are incorrect for that year] Stamp, on outside of lid lip: [lion's head erased] Marks, scratched on bottom: SR5/y.
Provenance
1940, sold by (Christie's) as a donation to the British Red Cross relief sale
sold by (Cecil Gordon, Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1943-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Grimwade, A. London Goldsmiths 1697-1837. London, 1982, p. 698.
You, Yao-Fen. “From Novelty to Necessity: The Europeanization of Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate.” In Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate: Consuming the World, ed. Yao-Fen You, Mimi Hellman, and Hope Saska. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 2016, pp. 31–33; 34 (ill.); 135, cat. 24.
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John White, Coffeepot, ca. 1724, silver, wood. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund, 43.37.
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