George III sterling silver coffee pot

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A George III sterling silver coffee pot by Daniel Pontifex, London. It has an oval shaped body with a later narrow curved black wooden handle. The hinged lid is domed with raised fluting around the crown of the dome, radiating outwards from the knob on top of the lid. The knob is oval and is made of wood, stained black. There is a small silver finial capping off the knob. The lid is hinged at one end and flips upwards towards the handle. The coffee pot's shoulders flare outwards and form a small flat rim around the circumference. The rim flares outwards slightly and is decorated with a raised repeating striated pattern. The upper body of the coffee pot is smooth while the lower half is decorated by fluting in sections. The long spout also has fluting wrapped around its lower half.

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