The Captain John Edgell Tidd Collection : Artifacts collected, owned or used by Captain Tidd during his military service in the American Civil War.
Title:
Coffeepot
Museum ID:
2004.18
Date:
c. 1860
Description:
Tin coffee pot, painted black; intended for use as camp or military mess equipment; strap handle with wire edges, bail wire handle.
Notes:
Note in bottom of object reads: "This is what Capt. Tidd made his coffee in."
People associated with item:
Tidd, John Edgell
Source:
Mrs. John E Tidd
Subjects:
1860s
Coffee
Coffee pots
Drinking
Drinking vessels
Kitchen utensils
Military camps
Military cookery
Military life
Tinsmithing
United States——History——Civil War, 1861—1865
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