Title
Coffee pot
Year/Period
c. 1910
Region
Surabaya, eastern Java
Object Type
Dimension
Gross measurement: H17.5 x Dia13.0 x Cir40.0cm
Accession No.
XXXX-03054
Collection of
Household utensils, such as this coffee pot, were made using the ‘à cire perdue’ or lost wax brass cast technique whereby wax model of the object was made and clay applied to the model. After drying, the clay cast was heated which will result in the wax melting away. Molten brass was then poured into the mould to replace the ‘lost wax’. The brass was then allowed to cool and the mould broken away. The object was then finished with filing and polishing.
