This picture is identified in the British Museum collection as
Interior of a London Coffee-house. Anonymous. 1650-1750. Closeups from this and other images show some equipment in coffee houses of the period... The pots by the fire with the water heating in the copper hot water boiler: Cruikshank's sketch , 1810:
Colonial Williamsburg reproductions:
Pouring the coffee:
Coffee pot on the table by Rowlandson:
Coffee bar and clay pipes:
Bar , pots and hot water boiler from
The Coffeehous Mob ,1710:
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