Joseph Bruff
Coffeepot
1759
Physical Qualities
Silver, wood, 11 3/8 x 5 x 8 7/8 in. (28.9 x 12.7 x 22.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number
1933.54.41
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1933; Virginia Purviance Bonsal White (1869-1955), Baltimore, MD
Goldsborough, Jennifer Faulds. "Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975. p. 34, ill.
Goldsborough, Jennifer Faulds. "Silver in Maryland", Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1983. p.97, ill.
Inscribed: "M/J" (?) on side
Markings: Maker's Mark, "I.B." at top, just left handle etched on underside: "VW 198"