Coffee pot, Early 20th century. Brass and copper.
Lot 7

Swahili coast (19th and early 20th century)

Coffee pot, Early 20th century

Brass and copper

38 × 22 × 18 cm

Estimate KES 60,000–90,000

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KES 80,000

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About the work

A tall brass coffee pot with a long, beaked spout and a domed lid, the body hammered and chased with bands of leaves. Probably made in Mombasa.

Condition

Good. Old dents to the body, wear to the tinning inside, as expected.

Provenance

A family in Mombasa; private collection, Nairobi.

The artist

Carved doors, brass coffee pots, chests and screens from the towns of the Swahili coast, made by craftsmen whose names were not recorded and who worked for merchants trading across the Indian Ocean.

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