Coffee Pot Item Number: 3282/5 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Copper coffee pot with a long trough-like spout curving out from the body. The outer metal of the pot is a dark gold-brown colour, whereas the inside, and underside of the lid, is silver coloured. The lid has a bronze finial on top. The pot has a long handle made of a long, strip of bronze metal, soldered at the base, then riveted through the body, at the rim. The lid is attached with rivets to a hinging mechanism at the top of the handle. The lid is hollow but the bottom has been covered with a piece of silver coloured metal. There is a small stamp on the upper side in Arabic.
Narrative
Koerner said he was gifted the pot, about forty years ago, from Crown Prince Saad in Saudi Arabia.
Item History
- Made in Saudi Arabia before 1977
- Collected during 1977
- Owned by Michael M. Koerner before December 20, 2017
- Received from Michael M. Koerner (Donor) on December 20, 2017
What
- Name
- Coffee Pot
- Identification Number
- 3282/5
- Type of Item
- pot
- Material
- copper metal, brass metal and metal
- Overall
- height 26.0 cm, width 9.0 cm, depth 21.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Saudi
- Previous Owner
- Michael M. Koerner
- Received from
- Michael M. Koerner (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Saudi Arabia
When
- Creation Date
- before 1977
- Collection Date
- during 1977
- Ownership Date
- before December 20, 2017
- Acquisition Date
- on December 20, 2017
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3282/0005