Image

A cup with blue and gilded decorations along the outside and inside of the rim, body, and handle.
A cup with blue and gilded decorations along the outside and inside of the rim, body, and handle.
A cup with blue and gilded decorations along the outside and inside of the rim, body, and handle.
A cup with blue and gilded decorations along the outside and inside of the rim, body, and handle.
A cup with blue and gilded decorations along the outside and inside of the rim, body, and handle.
A cup with blue and gilded decorations along the outside and inside of the rim, body, and handle.
A cup with blue and gilded decorations along the outside and inside of the rim, body, and handle.
Previous image 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 / 7 Next image

Unknown Maker, Chinese export

Chocolate Cup
Now On View

Description

Maker

Unknown Maker, Chinese export

Culture

Chinese export

Title

Chocolate Cup

Year

1770-1785

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

porcelain

Geography

Place Made: China

Dimensions

6.4 cm (2 1/2 inches) (height)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection. Gift of the Winfield Foundation

Object Number

55.023.2C

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Trading Earth
Ceramics, Commodities, and Commerce
Apr 09, 2022 – Jul 20, 2025

Label copy

Cultivated in South America and shipped to Europe and America, where it was sweetened with sugar likely from the Caribbean and served in Chinese porcelain vessels, chocolate was a global commodity, trade, and craze that prompted the creation of specific ceramic forms. 

Use & Feedback

Image use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use.

This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Chinese export
Chocolate Cup, 1770-1785
Porcelain with underglaze blue, enamels, glaze, and gilding
6.4 cm (2 1/2 inches) (height)
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection. Gift of the Winfield Foundation 55.023.2C

To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.