Object Details
- Description
- Three-part cylindrical drip coffee maker engraved in script across lower section above spigot "Presented to Ex-Foreman, / Isaac Hale Jr. / By / Neptune Fire Association No. 8 / on the twelfth anniversary of his / Marriage / Nov 1864." Consists of a smaller upper section with bell-domed cover topped by a cast pheasant finial that has a perforated bottom to hold the coffee grounds; a larger lower section with four, equidistant, vertical, flat bands and a spigot with fleur-de-lis handle for holding and serving the coffee; and a piercework-decorated base on four, scrolled tab feet for containing a spirit burner. All three sections friction fit together. Folded seams and riveted construction. Conical-handled tamper stored inside upper section. Finial stamped incuse "4" inside cover; no other marks.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Kenneth E. Jewett
- 1864
- date presented
- 1864-11
- ID Number
- DL.257491.0008
- catalog number
- 257491.0008
- accession number
- 257491
- Object Name
- coffee maker
- Other Terms
- Urn, Coffee; 41Cc, Sullivan, Michael D
- Physical Description
- iron (overall material)
- tin (overall material)
- metal, white (finial; spigot material)
- Measurements
- overall: 20 5/8 in x 9 3/8 in x 10 in; 52.3875 cm x 23.8125 cm x 25.4 cm
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Newburyport
- place used
- United States: Massachusetts, Newburyport
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_319877
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-38b6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
