Artifact: Coffee Pot
Materials: Silver with wood
Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 4 in.
Date: 1763
Origin: London
Collection: LACMA
License: Public Domain
Ledger Entry: Coffee Pot
Department: Foodways
Customer: Richard Moxley
Ledger Page: 60
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Product Description
Coffee pots could range from purely utilitarian to extremely ornate. Though coffee was not as popular as tea, it was still a common enough beverage that coffeehouses and upper class homes would have various types of coffee pots.
Citation: Pippa Shirley, "Tea, Coffee and Chocolate," in Elegant Eating: Four Hundred Years of Dining in Style, ed. Philippa Glanville and Hilary Young (London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 2002), 108-111;
Historical Price: 6 shillings; Modern USD: $67.3
Product Variations
The databases record three coffee pots. They range in price from six to ten shillings. Although one is identified as large, no other qualifiers or materials are listed.
