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Unknown Maker, Chinese export

Chocolate Pot

Maker

Unknown Maker, Chinese export

Culture

Chinese export

Title

Chocolate Pot

Year

1800

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

porcelain, glaze

Geography

Place Made: China

Dimensions

Height: 19.7 cm (7 3/4 inches) (without cover)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Old label:"This formerly belonged to Joseph Brown, one of the famous brothers Brown, he was brother to Thomas P. and Hope B. Ives - great grandfather N. Brown.A. A. Ives.From Mrs. Rogers"

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Mrs. Hope Brown Russell

Object Number

09.215

Type

Exhibition History

Trading Earth
Ceramics, Commodities, and Commerce
Apr 09, 2022 – Aug 03, 2025

Label copy

Over centuries, as demand for sugar increased, the locations where sugar cane was grown expanded, as did the number of enslaved humans forced to cultivate this labor-intensive crop. Originating in New Guinea, sugar cane was brought to India and then the Caribbean, where the Dominican Republic led production in the early 1500s. A century later, sugar cane became the base of the economy in Dutch-colonized Brazil, where more than 500,000 Africans had been shipped through the Atlantic slave trade to plant, tend, harvest, and process the crop.

Mrs. Alexis B. Hafken Farago Bridge Gallery
Jan 02, 2014

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Chinese export
Chocolate Pot, 1800
Porcelain with underglaze blue, glaze and gilding
Height: 19.7 cm (7 3/4 inches) (without cover)
Bequest of Mrs. Hope Brown Russell 09.215

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