A white chocolate pot with blue decorations depicting floral and architectural elements.
A white and blue teapot with floral decorations, a lid with a small semi spherical finial, spout, and a handle which is located approximately 90 degrees from the spout.
A white and blue teapot with floral decorations, a lid with a small semi spherical finial, spout, and a handle which is located approximately 90 degrees from the spout.
A white and blue teapot with floral decorations, a lid with a small semi spherical finial, spout, and a handle which is located approximately 90 degrees from the spout.
A white chocolate pot with blue decorations depicting floral and architectural elements.
A white and blue teapot with floral decorations, a lid with a small semi spherical finial, spout, and a handle which is located approximately 90 degrees from the spout.
A white and blue teapot with floral decorations, a lid with a small semi spherical finial, spout, and a handle which is located approximately 90 degrees from the spout.
A white chocolate pot with blue decorations depicting floral and architectural elements.
A white and blue teapot with floral decorations, a lid with a small semi spherical finial, spout, and a handle which is located approximately 90 degrees from the spout.
A white chocolate pot with blue decorations depicting floral and architectural elements.
A white and blue teapot with floral decorations, a lid with a small semi spherical finial, spout, and a handle which is located approximately 90 degrees from the spout.
A white chocolate pot with blue decorations depicting floral and architectural elements.
A white chocolate pot with blue decorations depicting floral and architectural elements.
A white and blue teapot with floral decorations, a lid with a small semi spherical finial, spout, and a handle which is located approximately 90 degrees from the spout.
A white chocolate pot with blue decorations depicting floral and architectural elements.
A white chocolate pot with blue decorations depicting floral and architectural elements.
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Unknown Maker, Chinese export

Chocolate Pot

Maker

Unknown Maker, Chinese export

Culture

Chinese export

Title

Chocolate Pot

Year

ca. 1750

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Mrs. Hope Brown Russell

Object Number

09.208

Type

Exhibition History

Trading Earth
Ceramics, Commodities, and Commerce
Apr 09, 2022 – Aug 03, 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. The staples used to repair this chocolate pot attest to the value held for Asian porcelain.

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Chinese export
Chocolate Pot, ca. 1750
Porcelain with underglaze blue enamel and glaze and metal staples
Bequest of Mrs. Hope Brown Russell 09.208

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