Chocolate pot

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Chocolate pot

Entry/Object ID

VC.59.32 a-b

Description

Chocolate pot, with lid: cover domed, with fruit finial, narrow border of floral design; pot cylindrical, with short neck, pistol-grip shaped handle, with touches of color, at right-angles to curved molded spout; on 2 sides, in colors, personification of Hope, anchor and urn, leans against pedestal.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1768 - 1799 Date made: r. 1768 - 1799

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

VC.59.32 A-B

VC.59.32a-b

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

8-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)

Material

Porcelain (hard-paste)

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

11/1/96: Similar example at the New-York Historical Society. (Acc. # 1972.11 a-c) Similar molded body with picked-out gilt details to spout and handle. NYHS example was owned by Capt. Samuel Shaw, supercargo of the Empress of China. He supervised the order and manufacture of porcelain of the Order of Cincinnati, c. 1788. This chocolate pot has the order's insignia and Capt. Shaw's initals. (Kimblerly Liddle.)

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Manor, Parlour