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A shiny, brown colored coffee pot with yellow, white, and orange and abstract floral decoration. The spout has a right angle and then a curve.
A shiny, brown colored coffee pot with yellow, white, and orange and abstract floral decoration. The spout has a right angle and then a curve.
A shiny, brown colored coffee pot with yellow, white, and orange and abstract floral decoration. The spout has a right angle and then a curve.
A shiny, brown colored coffee pot with yellow, white, and orange and abstract floral decoration. The spout has a right angle and then a curve.
A shiny, brown colored coffee pot with yellow, white, and orange and abstract floral decoration. The spout has a right angle and then a curve.
A shiny, brown colored coffee pot with yellow, white, and orange and abstract floral decoration. The spout has a right angle and then a curve.

Unknown Maker, American

Toleware Coffeepot,

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

American

Title

Toleware Coffeepot

Medium

tin-plated iron, black asphaltum, polychromatic

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Tin with paint

Techniques

  • Tin with paint

Dimensions

27.3 x 16 cm (10 3/4 x 6 5/16 inches) (height x depth) base

Place

Place Made: Pennsylvania

Type

  • Metalwork

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

44.014

Toleware Coffeepot

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Ceramics, Commodities, and Commerce
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Place Made: Pennsylvania

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Exhibition History

Trading Earth

April 9, 2022 - August 3, 2025

American Folk Art from the Permanent Collection and Pilavin Collection of 20th-Century American Art

July 15 - August 15, 1981
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