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Coffeepot

Unknown Artist

This coffeepot is an example of "toleware," a type of painted tin houseware, which was most popular in Pennsylvania. The colorful profusion of flowers on this piece is typical of Pennsylvania German painted decoration.

Credit: Gift of Mrs. Robert W. de Forest, 1933

1800-1830

Painted tin

27.3 cm

34.100.184

Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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