Toleware Tin Coffee Pot

c. 1938

Jacob Gielens

Associated Names
Jacob Gielens

Artist, American, born Germany, 1870 - 1946

The image shows a black watering can with a floral design. The colors include black, red, orange, green, and beige. The watering can is central in the image, with the spout to the right and the handle curving left. The lid on top is slightly raised.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 35.7 x 28.2 cm (14 1/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 9" wide; 6 5/8" high

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.15223

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 422, no. 1492.

Inscriptions

lower center in graphite: Jacob Gielens

Wikidata ID

Q64579368

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