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Coffee Pot

About 1994 (Made), about 1994 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This coffee percolator, was designed by Pino Spagnolo, architect, at his design firm Pino Spagnolo Design Snc in Turin, Italy. It was made by Frederico Guarneri to Spagnolo's designs at the Biesse Group Italy in about 1994. The museum has thirteen sheets of designs and two wooden and perspex models for this coffee percolator. A coffee percolator is placed directly over heat and one of the designs shows a lit gas ring near the base of the coffee percolator. The coffee is heated in the perspex part of the percolator via the metal base which is placed directly onto the source of heat.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Coffee
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Metal, perspex and plastic
Brief description
Coffee percolator designed by Pino Spagnolo

Lid for Biesse Coffee Pot designed by Pino Spagnolo
Physical description
Coffee pot with a grey, metal base moulded with three circular grooves around its circumference and with a sloping foot. The container is made out of clear perspex and the handle is made out of black plastic. The domed lid is made out of clear perspex and has a grey plastic handle treated to sparkle like the metal base.
Dimensions
  • Without lid height: 24cm
  • Around body of pot circumference: 27cm
  • Around base of foot circumference: 37cm
  • Body of coffee pot diameter: 8.5cm
  • Tip of spout to widest part of handle width: 14cm
  • Diameter of base of foot diameter: 12cm
Marks and inscriptions
'pat. pending made in Italy / biesse'
Credit line
Given by the designer, Pino Spagnolo.
Object history
Given by the designer, Pino Spagnolo.
Production
Attribution note: Made by Frederico Guarneri, Head of the associated company, Tecnema, from designs by the architect, Pino Spagnolo, Pino Spagnolo Design Snc, Via Gruguasco 14 , Beinasco, Turin, Italy.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Summary
This coffee percolator, was designed by Pino Spagnolo, architect, at his design firm Pino Spagnolo Design Snc in Turin, Italy. It was made by Frederico Guarneri to Spagnolo's designs at the Biesse Group Italy in about 1994. The museum has thirteen sheets of designs and two wooden and perspex models for this coffee percolator. A coffee percolator is placed directly over heat and one of the designs shows a lit gas ring near the base of the coffee percolator. The coffee is heated in the perspex part of the percolator via the metal base which is placed directly onto the source of heat.
Collection
Accession number
E.698-1997

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Record createdOctober 2, 2006
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