Chocolate pot
Based on a Chinese vase form, this chocolate pot is the earliest type and is quite rare. It has a high-shouldered body, a short vertical neck, and a low-domed cover with raised detachable cap for the insertion of a flanged rod (Spanish, molinillo) to stir the heavy sediment just before pouring.
Artwork Details
- Title: Chocolate pot
- Maker: Isaac Dighton (active 1673–1707)
- Date: 1697–98
- Culture: British, London
- Medium: Silver
- Dimensions: Height: 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)
- Classification: Metalwork-Silver
- Credit Line: Gift of George O. May, 1943
- Object Number: 43.108a–c
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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