Coffee Pot

Creator Myer Myers (1723-1795)

Accession number 80.137

Unique identifier MNY15484

Description Silver coffee pot with raised inverted pear-shaped body on molded splayed circular foot, hinged, molded, domed cover with pineapple finial, curved spout with shell-like ornament at top and gadrooning at lower juncture, wood handle with silver sockets, and gadrooned under top of handle with scrolled terminus. Inscription: Engraved in cipher: SSC. Later inscription on body: Samuel Cornell / 1756 - to / Susan Mabson. Mark: On center of base, in script: Myers. Scratched on base: 8403.

Dated 1756-1760

Object Type coffee pot

Inscription / technical details "SSC" in cipher for Samuel (1731-1781) and Susannah Mabson (1731/32-1778) Cornell of New York and New Bern, North Carolina, who married in 1756.

Physical dimensions H: 12 1/2 in. W: 5 1/2 in. D: 9 1/2 in. DIAM: 4 7/8 in. WEIGHT: 38 oz.

Medium silver (metal), wood (plant material)

File dimensions 18.3 in × 18.3 in at 300dpi
46.5 cm × 46.5 cm at 300dpi

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