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- Coffee Pot Stand Made by Benjamin Halsted and Myer Myers, 1756-1758 - In a rare partnership of colonial craftsmen, Jewish silversmith Myer Myers and silversmith Benjamin Halstead collaborated to create this coffeepot stand around 1756. The initials "CJ", engraved on the bottom, establish the owner as Charity Johnson, wife of Samuel Johnson, the first president of King's College (now Columbia University). This stand was part of a coffee set created for Mrs. Johnson.
- 1756-1758
- Collections - Artifact
Coffee Pot Stand Made by Benjamin Halsted and Myer Myers, 1756-1758
In a rare partnership of colonial craftsmen, Jewish silversmith Myer Myers and silversmith Benjamin Halstead collaborated to create this coffeepot stand around 1756. The initials "CJ", engraved on the bottom, establish the owner as Charity Johnson, wife of Samuel Johnson, the first president of King's College (now Columbia University). This stand was part of a coffee set created for Mrs. Johnson.