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This tin coffee pot with "goose neck" spout stands 10 1/2" tall by 11" wide (including handle) and 6 1/2" diameter across the base. It was made of rolled tin sheets with edges wrapped around wire by the maker. It was made about 1830. It has a repair at the finial and in the center of the base, evidence it had a later use as an electric table lamp.
$795.00
This form is one of the most graceful ones in American tin. The "pigeon breast" shape of the body  is counter-balanced by the spout and handle. The handle has a contrasting contour. Simple reeded lines circle the body to give a completed look.
#8424
Rolled tin is the way that early tin, (which is sheet iron with a tin coating,) was sold to tin-smiths. Stripes from the tin coating process are faintly visible. The maker rolled edges over wire to increase the strength, such as the top of a pot, and handle edges.