John Walraven
Coffeepot
1700
Physical Qualities
Silver, wood, 15 3/8 × 6 × 11 7/8 in. (39.1 × 15.2 × 30.2 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Jessie Gary Black
Object Number
1949.91
Coffeepot made by John Walraven, c. 1800. Silver, wood. Early urn-shaped silver coffeepot with curved spout, black wood handle. Engraved on the side with the initials, "AML." within an oval floral reserve. It has an hexagonal plinth base, pineapple-shaped finial, and a pierced gallery around lid top.
Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Jessie Augusta Gary Black (1876-1949), Baltimore, MD
Milwaukee Art Institute, "Silver and American Tradition," Feb. 13-Mar. 19, 1953
Jennifer Faulds Goldsborough, "Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975. p. 76, ill, cat. no. 73.
Inscribed: Engraved monogram: "AML"
Markings: On side of base: "J. WALRAVEN" / standard eagle stamp (2x)
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Willow Brook/Case 1
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