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Chocolate Pot

Medium: Porcelain
Place Made: China
Dates: ca. 1800
Dimensions: Height: 10 1/4 in. (26 cm) Diameter of base: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
Markings: Under spout (in script, in gold): "F.W."
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 41.1212
Credit Line: Gift of the Wyckoff Family
Image: Overall, 41.1212A-B_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Chocolate pot; cylindrical body, flared at center, with cover. "C"-shaped handle of two entwined elements attached to body with leaf decoration. Circular sepia medallion on each side of center body showing architectural view, polychrome floral and fruit bands on upper part of body and on lid. Gilded lion finial CONDITION: Chipped.

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