It has a small amout of wood rot right along the bottom, It has no bottom and appears to be sycamore or cottonwood. I don't no if this a rare item or collectable, but it is cool. Could be cut down to a coffee table, with a display inside and glass top, or a huge drum
It is white porcelain (yellowish now) with a short pedestal base and fading gold paint. There is a inner lid and a vented cover, also with fading gold paint. the holes in the cover are diamond shaped and look to have been hand made cause they're not exactly the same. The outer part has hand painted green with lots of browning (as if it were dying) three leaved foliage vines. Inside has a hand wrote recipe by Ella Mae Tucker from Marion ville Mo. for making a rose jar or potpourri, also known as "Beaux Catcher." At the end it says "a rose jar made this way 32 yrs. ago is still fragrant. It sill has the potpourri too! if its the original stuff....
This 3 piece coffee set is currently stored in its original boxes, complete with manufacturer labels! Set consists of 1 footed coffee pot, 1 footed cream pitcher, 1 footed sugar w/ lid, & 1 15in round tray. All pieces are marked with "WM Rogers" followed by a star on the bottom. The tray also has the numbers "292" on the bottom. The labels on the boxes are as follows:
*Box containing the set - "200/272 - 3 PC SET & TRAY - WM ROGERS Factory E - I.S. Co - Meriden, Connecticut USA"
*Box containing footed coffee pot - "COFFEE POT - 201 - WM ROGERS - The International Silver Company - Meriden, Conn USA" **This box is also stamped with the numbers "558296"
*Box containing cream pitcher - "CREAM PITCHER - 204 - WM ROGERS - The International Silver Company - Meriden, Conn USA"
*Box containing sugar bowl w/ lid - "Sugar - 203 - WM ROGERS - The International Silver Company - Meriden, Conn USA" **This box is also stamped with the numbers "2061963"
