Chocolate pot

Isaac Dighton

1697–98 · Silver · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Based on a Chinese vase form, this chocolate pot is the earliest type and is quite rare. It has a high-shouldered body, a short vertical neck, and a low-domed cover with raised detachable cap for the insertion of a flanged rod (Spanish, molinillo) to stir the heavy sediment just before pouring.

Artist

Isaac Dighton

Date

1697–98

Medium

Silver

Culture

British, London

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of George O. May, 1943