The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Coffeepot

Date:: 1745–60
Geography:: New England, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Culture:: American
Medium:: Silver
Dimensions:: Overall: 9 5/8 x 9 1/8 in. (24.4 x 23.2 cm); 27 oz. 11 dwt. (856.7 g) Foot: Diam. 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm) Lip: Diam. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Classification:: Silver
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1941
Accession Number:: 41.70.1

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 704

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: engraved on body to right of handle in shaded script: ES engraved on underside: 1742

Marking: marked on underside and cover near finial: [crown] / S[pellet]E / fleur de lis (in shaped surround) (mark on cover is badly struck)
Provenance

Mrs. Isaac (Elizabeth Storer) Smith (1726–1786) from 1746; by descent to Theodore Parkman Carter, New York, NY; with M. Knoedler & Co., New York, NY; sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, 1941.
See also
Who
Samuel Edwards (5)
What
Metal (59,587)

Silver (14,059)

Coffeepots (187)
Where
North and Central America (83,069)

United States (79,768)

Massachusetts (1,048)

Boston (443)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (66,646)
In the Museum
American Decorative Arts (11,825)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
American Silver Vessels for Wine, Beer, and Punch

The United States, 1600–1800 A.D.