Coffee Pot
About 1994 (Made), about 1994 (made)
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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
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Accession number | E.698-1997 |
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| Record created | October 2, 2006 |
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