Williamsburg pewter tea pot with a rosewood handle is made by Kirk Stieff. It is adapted from an 18th century antique in the Colonial Williamsburg collection attributed to the London shop of Samuel Ellis. Courtesy Colonial Williamsburg.
Tall coffee pot by William Will. This is the only form of coffe pot known to have survived from the 18th century. Its form appears to e derived from the Queen Anne style, but greatly stretched in height from a teapot to a coffee pot. It has five rings of beads which add coniderably to its appearance and value. Courtesy Winerthur Museum.
Provenance
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman. Winterthur Museum accession number: 54.33