Charles Hougham
Coffee Urn
1788
Physical Qualities
Silver, sterling standard, ivory, 14 3/8 x 6 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.
Credit Line
Gift of Richard L. Goodbar, Timonium, Maryland, in Memory of his Wife, Rosemary Ann Goodbar
Object Number
1999.131
Vase-shaped form with four protruding vertical panels on stepped-shaped foot which has four ball feet. The cover, body, and base are embellished with geometrical and foliate bright-cut engraving. The urn has opposing, high, reeded looped handles. The cover has an urn-shaped finial. The spigot is reeded and has an ivory heat barrier and a silver stop-cork.
Richard Goodbar, Timonium
Inscribed: BASE, back, (punched), 'CH, (leopard's head crowned, lion passant, O (date letter), (king's head); (scratched) '41 oz, 10 dwt, TROY'. marked by Charles Hougham at London in 1789/90 (per appraisal)
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Willow Brook/Case 3
