Chocolate Pot

1774

22.9 cm 20.3 cm

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Pots made to serve hot chocolate rather than coffee may be distinguished by a small hole in the lid covered by a sliding or detachable finial. When this hole is uncovered, a swizzle stick can be inserted to stir the hot chocolate and to remove the foam. This pot illustrates...

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John Alfonse Walter, Aux Cayes, Haiti, prior to 1793 [mode of acquisition unknown] [1827 inventory]; Susan Rodgers (wife of John Alfonse Walter), Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by inheritance; Laura Walter, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by inheritance; Ethel R. Gray, Baltimore, 1911, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1948, by purchase.
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