A white chocolate pot with delicate blue decorations with ribbed body, spout, handle, and foot.
A white chocolate pot with delicate blue decorations with ribbed body, spout, handle, and foot.
A white chocolate pot with delicate blue decorations with ribbed body, spout, handle, and foot.
A white chocolate pot with delicate blue decorations with ribbed body, spout, handle, and foot.
A white chocolate pot with delicate blue decorations with ribbed body, spout, handle, and foot.
A white chocolate pot with delicate blue decorations with ribbed body, spout, handle, and foot.
A white chocolate pot with delicate blue decorations with ribbed body, spout, handle, and foot.
A white chocolate pot with delicate blue decorations with ribbed body, spout, handle, and foot.
A white chocolate pot with delicate blue decorations with ribbed body, spout, handle, and foot.
A white chocolate pot with delicate blue decorations with ribbed body, spout, handle, and foot.
A white chocolate pot with delicate blue decorations with ribbed body, spout, handle, and foot.
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Unknown Maker, German

Chocolate Pot
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Maker

Unknown Maker, German

Culture

German

Title

Chocolate Pot

Year

ca. 1780

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

clay products

Dimensions

16.5 cm (6 1/2 inches) (height)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Arnold B. Chace, Jr.

Object Number

44.751

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.

Visions of the East
Jun 10, 1983 – Aug 20, 1983

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Unknown Maker, German
Chocolate Pot, ca. 1780
Porcelain with underglaze blue and glaze
16.5 cm (6 1/2 inches) (height)
Gift of Mrs. Arnold B. Chace, Jr. 44.751

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