Terms and conditions of use
Covered chocolate pot
(c. 1740)
- Medium
- porcelain (hard-paste)
- Measurements
- 16.2 × 23.0 × 11.5 cm (overall)
- Accession Number
- 2024.488.a-b
- Department
- International Decorative Arts
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Patricia Begg OAM Bequest, 2024 - Gallery location
- 17th & 18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International - About this work
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Chocolate pots often took the same form as coffee pots during the eighteenth century but are distinguished by their removable or swivelling finial, which allows a stirrer to be inserted to froth up the chocolate tablet in the hot milk or water. The use of wood, ivory or leather and cane wrapped around the handle provided insulation from the hot vessel. During the eighteenth century the handle of coffee and chocolate pots was often moved to the side, at right angles to the pot, for greater ease of pouring.