United States Pottery Company
Coffee Urn

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Coffee Urn
Datec. 1852–1858
Made inBennington, Vermont, United States
MediumLead-glazed earthenware (flint enamel ware) and pewter
Dimensions20 × 8 7/8 × 11 3/4 in. (50.8 × 22.5 × 29.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.57.20.A,.B
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

Description:  Octagonal urn with pair of applied strap handles; pewter spigot screwed through hole at lower center. Octagonal-domed lid with, pagoda finial. Covered in mottled brown, cream, and green flint enamel glaze.

Marks: FENN'S PATENT No. 2 / NEW YORK No. 2 (stamped on spigot).

Technical notes: Badly broken lid fits loosely (possibly not original) and is repaired in several places.

Related examples: Spargo 1924, p. 235, fig. 6; Barret 1958, p. 83, pl. 109 (Barret, Richard Carter.  Bennington Pottery and Porcelain: A Guide to Identification. New York: Bonanza Books, 1958.) ; Spargo 1969, pl. XVIII.

Book excerpt: Warren, David B., 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.


Provenance[George S. McKearin, Hoosick Falls, New York]; [George Abraham and Gilbert May Antiques, West Granville, Massachusetts]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1957; given to MFAH.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[no inscriptions]
Stamped on spigot: FENN'S PATENT No.2 / NEW YORK No. 2

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