Coffee Pot
MOA: University of British Columbia
3655/6
Coffee pot (dallah) with wide cylindrical lower body that tapers in the middle and flares out slightly to the top. The hinged lid is topped with a tall finial. There is a curved handle and a long crescent-shaped spout. The upper body and lid are punched with repeating geometric designs. Stamped between the two rows of designs.
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Narrative
The donors lived in Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
- Type of Item pot
- Culture Bedouin
- Material brass metal
- Measurements height 26.0 cm, width 10.0 cm, depth 24.5 cm (overall)
- Previous Owner Elizabeth Bell, Alan Bell
- Received from Elizabeth Bell, Alan Bell
- Made in Asia
- Creation Date before 1985
- Collection Date between 1975 and 1985
- Ownership Date before December 7, 2023
- Acquisition Date on December 7, 2023
- Item Classes metalwork
- Condition good
- Accession Number 3655/0006