Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID |
1950.034 |
Object Name |
Coffeepot |
Description |
Copper and tin coffeepot. The coffeepot is made mostly of tin, with a copper bottom. The tin is stained or painted to look like copper. The coffeepot is round and widens toward the bottom. It has a round, hinged lid, pinch-shaped spout with strainer holes inside, small finger pull at front of lid, and two raised bands at about the middle. Welded seams are visible at most joints. Wilmette Life article, August 28, 1962 [wrong date] notes that this coffee pot was owned by the Simon Hansen family, and was buried during the Chicago Fire of 1871. |
Date |
ca. 1860 |
Classification |
Household Items Chicago Fire |