- Coffeepot
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Philadelphians were probably introduced to Rococo design through imported English silver. In response to the new style, the coffeepot, like other vessels, evolved from the single-bellied to the double-bellied shape. The addition of cast elements—finials, handle sockets, and spouts, along with gadrooned rims, engraved ornament, and a scrolled wooden handle—completed the form’s transformation.
Technical notes: The finial is soldered.
Related examples: One other Bayly coffeepot is recorded, at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts (acc. no. 1962.3).
Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.
ProvenanceAlexander Belt Wickersham; given to Frances Belt (Mrs. Robert Hadfield, Bt., F.R.S.); [Thomas Lumley, London, by 1941]; [Firestone and Parson, Boston]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1970; given to MFAH, 1971.
Exhibition History"Theta Charity Antiques Show", Albert Thomas Convention Center, Houston, September 25–29, 1985 (LN:85.31)
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