Pot

About this object

History of use

Small drip style coffee pot, made for the tourist trade.

Cultural context

coffee brewing

Physical description

A three-piece glazed pottery coffee pot with curved bands of blue, green, and brown. The first piece (part a) is a rounded pot with spout raised out with three holes on pot surface, flared rim, and handle opposite spout, from below rim curving up and out attaching at centre with a straight-walled base. The second piece (part b) is the filter section, cylindrical above rim, tapering slightly below, and below rim is partially unglazed (white-orange). The bottom of the filter section (part b) has numerous small holes, and inside is unglazed at holes (orange). The third piece (part c) is the lid with knob at top, sloping to flared edge, straight-walled to bottom, and inside partially unglazed (orange).