Black Basalt Coffeepot
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Wedgwood, English, established 1759
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Tall, slightly swelling body, long loop handle, short spout; high domed lid with finial in the form of a draped female figure. Sides of body (lower portion) and lid with basket-weave texture; wide band top section of body plain.
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
- late 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1938-57-307-a,b
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- ceramics
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- coffeepot
- Type
- coffeepot
- Medium
- stoneware
- Dimensions
- H x W (a,b: overall): 23.7 x 15.5 cm (9 5/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
- H x W x D (a: body): 17.7 x 11.1 x 15.5 cm (6 15/16 x 4 3/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
- H x diam. (b: lid): 7.2 x 7.2 cm (2 13/16 x 2 13/16 in.)
- manufactured in
- Staffordshire (Etruria), England
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1938-57-307-a_b
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4e16295ec-f338-49c8-a129-42071fdff6ae
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