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Coffeepot

Washington, Mary Anne Hammond · 1854 - 1865 · silver (body; lid material)

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Baluster- or pear-shaped, octagonal panel-sided coffeepot with conforming, bell-shaped, hinged lid and straight tapered foot; four panels are engraved with flowers and C scrolls while the two center panels have identical reserves, one bearing the monogram "MAW" in conjoined foliate script and the other a crest of a left-facing bird atop a coronet and heraldic wreath with leaves. Spurred and faceted, S-curve handle pinned into thin insulators and conforming sockets. Faceted, S curve spout engraved on belly. Body perforated at spout. Bottom underside struck "TIFFANY & C\o." and "550 BROADWAY.N-Y" encircling "7833", "G & W" stamped twice, "ENGLISH STERLING / 925-1000", and "13", all in incuse serif letters.

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Coffeepots
Credit lineCoffeepot. 1854 - 1865. Washington, Mary Anne Hammond. National Museum of American History, Gift of Mrs. Ellen Washington Bellamy. CC0.

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