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Year Completed
2021
Abstract
Tawny Chamberlain, VCU Interior Design MFA 2023, selected the Coffee Pot for the 2021 Colonialism And The Americas, Object Analysis Project.
Entertaining in the home was also important and high society wished to emulate silver tableware from London in particular. Only the affluent could afford silver coffee pots and their elite status would have been marked by how many pieces they used to serve their guests. Tea and coffee rituals were also associated with elite femininity, as depicted by two Boston women in the painting to the right (Jamieson, 2001). We can imagine their parlor had elegantly framed mirrors and paintings, a plaster ceiling, and comfortable furnishings typical of the Georgian Era (Pile & Gura, 2014).
Object Name
coffee pot
Function
to hold liquid coffee
Material(s)
silver and wood
Maker
Paul Revere Jr
Place of Origin
Boston, MA, US
Cultural Connections
Colonial New England, England
Time Period
1772
Current Location (Museum Collection)
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Disciplines
Interior Design
Department
VCU Arts Dept. of Interior Design
Date of Submission
12-2-2021
Keywords
coffee pot, Paul Revere, pot, object