Moore Furman's Coffee Urn

 

This silver plated and ivory coffee urn, produced by an unknown maker in Sheffield, England circa 1790-1800, belonged to Moore Furman. He served as Postmaster of Trenton in 1757 and was simultaneously a merchant here, but moved to Philadelphia in 1762. He returned to Trenton in 1780 and died in Lamberton in 1808, in his eightieth year.
[credit: Collection of the New Jersey State Museum/Museum Purchase]