{"id":15414,"date":"2020-05-17T16:36:05","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T20:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=15414"},"modified":"2020-05-17T16:36:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-17T20:36:05","slug":"samuel-hollins-coffee-pot-with-silver-lid-c-1790","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=15414","title":{"rendered":"Samuel Hollins coffee pot with silver lid, c.1790"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I was thrilled to find this elegant baluster form, dry-bodied redware pottery coffee pot recently. It was made by Samuel Hollins in Staffordshire, England, circa 1784-1813, and stands 9 inches high. The applied sprigged decoration of a woman playing the harp is featured on one side, and <em>The Birth of Achilles<\/em> is on the reverse. Thin silver resist bands decorate the middle, rim, and spout. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The owners of this coffee pot must have been well off, as instead of carving a new lid out of wood or taking it to an itinerant tinsmith for a tin replacement after the original lid broke, they brought it to an established London silversmith for repair. The heavy sterling silver replacement lid is clearly stamped with the maker&#8217;s initials HWC, for Henry William Curry, and a date mark for 1867. I think the shiny new lid, beautifully offset by the rich red color of the stoneware, looks better than the original. But then of course, I&#8217;m biased.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out a previous post, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=10370\">Samuel Hollins stoneware coffee pot, c.1800<\/a> showing another Hollins coffeepot with similar form and decoration, but with a more humble repair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2171.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15415\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2171.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2171-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2171-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2173.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15416\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2173.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2173-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2173-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2175.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15417\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2175.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2175-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2175-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2176.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15418\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2176.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2176-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2176-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2178.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15419\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2178.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2178-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2178-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2181.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15420\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2181.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2181-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2181-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2183.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15421\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2183.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2183-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2183-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2188-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15557\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2188-1.jpeg 600w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2188-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2188-1-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Victorian-Silver-Gilt-Goddess-Spoons-Pair-Henry-William-Curry_HW-Curry-advert.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15543\" width=\"400\" height=\"NaN\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Victorian-Silver-Gilt-Goddess-Spoons-Pair-Henry-William-Curry_HW-Curry-advert.jpeg 600w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Victorian-Silver-Gilt-Goddess-Spoons-Pair-Henry-William-Curry_HW-Curry-advert-300x161.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is what the original domed lid on my coffee pot would have looked like, had it not been broken and replaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15423\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo courtesy of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worthpoint.com\">WorthPoint<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was thrilled to find this elegant baluster form, dry-bodied redware pottery coffee pot recently. It was made by Samuel Hollins in Staffordshire, England, circa 1784-1813, and stands 9 inches high. The applied sprigged decoration of a woman playing the harp is featured on one side, and The Birth of Achilles is on the reverse. 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