Coffee pot

Carl Johan Eklund, Tammisaari, 1815. Height 26,5 cm.

Carl Johan Eklund (active in 1813–1822) was from Tenhola. He studied in Tammisaari in Henrik Dahlman’s workshop and afterwards with different goldsmiths in Turku and Tammisaari. Eklund settled in Tammisaari in 1813. After ceasing working as a goldsmith, he moved to Porvoo and later to Helsinki, but apparently he no longer worked as a goldsmith.

The side of the large and heavy coffee pot is circled by an engraved frieze that depicts vine leaves and bunches of grapes; a cast meander circles the top of the side above the engraving. The tall spout is shaped like a bird’s head. The handle is carved out of curly birch.

Source:

Borg 1972 (1935), s. 168.