Object Details
- Description
- Two-handled, chalice- or goblet-shaped urn on compressed-ball stem and stepped, domed pedestal base; flared and domed cover topped by cast, four-sided baluster knop. Two circular, leafy-scroll and bead handles with ivory insulators and acanthus leaf attachments. Spigot has slender, fluted balsuter arm and beaded bail handle with ivory grip. Urn is fitted with a fixed filter and central pipe at bottom; removable filter on hollow stem slides over this pipe and the hemispherical lid is placed on top as funnel. Clipped-corner rectangular plate mounted inside urn at back below rim has patent and maker information, as well as serial number and capacity. Underside of concave bottom of base stamped "27". Brown-stained silk mesh bag sewn to large ring stored inside urn. Removable filter stuck in place.
- Maker is Shaw & Fisher of Sheffield, England; 1830-1894. The firm specialized in Britannia and, later, electroplated wares. Edward Loysel de Santais is credited with inventing the first commercial espresso machine in 1843; he created a large-scale version for the Paris Exposition of 1855 which is said to have produced 2,000 (demitasse or espresso-sized) cups of coffee an hour. Numerous manufacturers produced Loysel's Patent.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Miss Elizabeth S. Stevens
- ca 1855-1875
- ID Number
- DL.311700
- catalog number
- 311700
- accession number
- 64443
- Object Name
- percolator
- Physical Description
- Britannia (overall material)
- pewter (overall material)
- silk (mesh bag material)
- wire (mesh bag frame material)
- ivory (insulators, grip material)
- Measurements
- overall: 16 in x 6 3/4 in x 6 1/4 in; 40.64 cm x 17.145 cm x 15.875 cm
- place made
- United Kingdom: England, Sheffield, Sheffield
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_300537
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-2b0e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
