Coffee Pot
1983 (made)
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The body is hexagonal in cross section, resting on a flat base with sides of flat oblong panels. The spout placed just below the top edge of the front panel is a flat four-sided irregular pyramid, cut at an angle towards its apex giving an oblong aperture. The handle, fixed to the body on the opposite side to the spout, is a rod of ebony, square in cross section with flat sides except for the internal face which undulates to accommodate the fingers of the hand. The band is composed of three rows of diamond shaped cells, each row facing in opposite directions to the other and each cell is alternatively filled with black and white enamel. The detachable lid is in the form of an hexagonal pyramid. The interiors of the lid and the body are frosted.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Electroplate and painted enamel with ebony |
| Brief description | Electroplate and painted enamel coffee pot with ebony handle, designed by Paolo Portoghesi for Alessi, made 1983. |
| Physical description | The body is hexagonal in cross section, resting on a flat base with sides of flat oblong panels. The spout placed just below the top edge of the front panel is a flat four-sided irregular pyramid, cut at an angle towards its apex giving an oblong aperture. The handle, fixed to the body on the opposite side to the spout, is a rod of ebony, square in cross section with flat sides except for the internal face which undulates to accommodate the fingers of the hand. The band is composed of three rows of diamond shaped cells, each row facing in opposite directions to the other and each cell is alternatively filled with black and white enamel. The detachable lid is in the form of an hexagonal pyramid. The interiors of the lid and the body are frosted. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | OFFICINA / ALESSI / ITALY / P.A. / T.E. 28 (-32) |
| Object history | Part of a tea and coffee service which was a prototype for the series of eleven tea and coffee services commissioned from architects by Officina Alessi, a division of Alessi S.p.A., Milan, and made in a limited edition in silver. |
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| Accession number | M.56-1988 |
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| Record created | August 24, 2007 |
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