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Unknown Maker, Chinese export

Chocolate Pot,

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Chinese export

Title

Chocolate Pot

Medium

porcelain, glaze

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Porcelain with underglaze blue,
  • glaze and gilding

Techniques

  • Porcelain with underglaze blue,
  • glaze and gilding

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"

Place

Place Made: China

Type

  • Ceramics

Credit

Bequest of Mrs. Hope Brown Russell

Object Number

09.215

Chocolate Pot

Trading Earth

Ceramics, Commodities, and Commerce
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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"

Place Made: China

Publications

Soundwalk

Trading Earth
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Trading Earth

Ceramics, Commodities, and Commerce
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Exhibition History

Trading Earth

April 9, 2022 - August 3, 2025

Mrs. Alexis B. Hafken Farago Bridge Gallery

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Chocolate Pot with the accession number of 09.215. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.
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