A silver chocolate pot with a decorative swirled body, lid, and fruit wood handle.

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F. Ducot

Chocolate Pot

Maker

F. Ducot (French, active beginning 1830s)

Title

Chocolate Pot

Year

1830-1840

Medium

Silver and fruitwood

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Silver and fruitwood

Materials

silver, fruitwood

Geography

Place Made: Bordeaux; Place Made: France

Dimensions

19.1 x 20.3 x 8.3 cm (7 1/2 x 8 x 3 1/4 inches) base

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Marks: F. DUCOT / BORDEAUX

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Miss Elizabeth T. Casey

Object Number

1988.102.7

Type

Metalwork

Exhibition History

Trading Earth

Ceramics, Commodities, and Commerce

Apr 09, 2022 – Aug 03, 2025

Label copy

In addition to sugar bowls and chocolate pots made from ceramic, versions were also fashioned from silver, along with a whole new array of implements that were devised to sprinkle, shake, and deliver sugar onto and into foods and beverages. Pierced casters held sugar, as well as dried mustard and other spices, while sugar sifters and tongs were designed in a variety of styles.

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

Tombstone

F. Ducot (French, active beginning 1830s)

Chocolate Pot, 1830-1840

Silver and fruitwood

19.1 x 20.3 x 8.3 cm (7 1/2 x 8 x 3 1/4 inches) base

Gift of Miss Elizabeth T. Casey 1988.102.7

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