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A tin coffee pot with painted orange, yellow, and green floral decorations.
A tin coffee pot with painted orange, yellow, and green floral decorations.
A tin coffee pot with painted orange, yellow, and green floral decorations.
A tin coffee pot with painted orange, yellow, and green floral decorations.
A tin coffee pot with painted orange, yellow, and green floral decorations.
A tin coffee pot with painted orange, yellow, and green floral decorations.
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Unknown Maker, American

Toleware Coffeepot
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Description

Maker

Unknown Maker, American

Culture

American

Title

Toleware Coffeepot

Year

ca. 1825

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

paint, tin

Geography

Place Made: Pennsylvania

Dimensions

21 x 12.4 cm (8 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches) (height x depth) base

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

44.013

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Trading Earth
Ceramics, Commodities, and Commerce
Apr 09, 2022 – Jan 12, 2025

Label copy

Coffeepots from England and America face each other, representing volatile trade relations between the two. Just before the Revolutionary War, America’s coffee  consumption was soaring. At that time, the commodity was mainly imported from British-colonized Jamaica. When America gained independence, Britain prohibited the exportation of coffee on American vessels, which prompted savvy import merchants to quickly pivot to non-British suppliers including the French, successfully navigating an unpredictable Atlantic trade system.

Pendleton Pantry
Jan 01, 1995
American Folk Art from the Permanent Collection and Pilavin Collection of 20th-Century American Art
Jul 15, 1981 – Aug 15, 1981

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Unknown Maker, American
Toleware Coffeepot, ca. 1825
Tin with paint
21 x 12.4 cm (8 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches) (height x depth) base
Museum Works of Art Fund 44.013

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