"Coronet" Coffee Service

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

Walter Von Nessen (Designer)

Title

"Coronet" Coffee Service

Place

Waterbury (Object made in:)

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Made 1938

Medium

Chrome-plated metal, Bakelite, acrylic, aluminum, electric heating element, and cloth-bound electrical cord

Inscriptions

Inscribed coffee urn bottom, middle, molded: "CHASE BRASS & COPPER CO. / [centaur] / WATTS HIGH 900 WATTS LOW 100 / MODEL 17088 VOLTS 110-120 AC-DC"; inscribed front, bottom-middle, stamped: "HIGH / LOW". Inscribed creamer bottom, middle, stamped: "[centaur] / CHASE / U.S.[A.]". Inscribed sugar bottom, middle, stamped: "[centaur] / CHASE / U.S.A.". Inscribed tray left, bottom-middle, under handle, stamped: "[centaur] / CHASE / U.S.A.".

Dimensions

Coffee urn: 31 × 27 × 27.5 cm (12 1/4 × 10 11/16 × 10 7/8 in.); Creamer: 8.5 × 11 × 8.9 cm (3 3/8 × 4 3/8 × 3 9/16 in.); Sugar: 11.6 × 9 × 9.2 cm (4 5/8 × 3 9/16 × 3 5/8 in.); Tray: 2.4 × 49.6 × 31.1 cm (1 × 19 9/16 × 12 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Architecture Purchase Account Fund

Reference Number

2015.602.1-4

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