coffee pot

Brass coffee pot that has a round body with a round body with flat sides. The neck is long and gently concave that leads to a bulbous section and then the slightly broadened opening. There is a pedestal base and the spout is long a narrows towards the end that is curved at a right angle. The long handle is slightly curved and at the top is a broken hinge. that would have attached the conical lid to the handle. Through the top of the lid is a piece of string, the other end is tied to the handle. The whole pot is decorated with a vine and leaf design that has a black background.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn14350
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 406 mm x 303 mm x 143 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
brass; string
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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