Pa. German Coffee Pot c. 1936

James O’Mara drew this Pa. German Coffee Pot with graphite on paper, but when is a mystery. Look at the delicacy of his lines – it's like he’s whispering the form of the pot onto the page. I can imagine him, carefully observing the play of light on the metal, trying to capture its essence with just a few strokes. The surface of the pot isn't just smooth metal; it's adorned with intricate folk art designs. Each star and flower must have taken so much time and care to etch in. What’s coffee without art? Maybe O’Mara, while drawing, thought about the hands that made the pot. The hands that held it every morning, filled it with coffee, and shared stories around the table. And he probably considered the generations that would follow, the hands that would someday inherit this object and carry on the tradition.