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Chocolate pot with ceramic lid, Wedgwood Black Basalt. With lid.
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Chocolate pot with ceramic lid, Wedgwood Black Basalt. With lid.

Wedgwood · c. 1785 - c. 1800 · earthenware

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Bowl-shaped chocolate pot with lid of earthenware, Black Basalt. The pot has a raised, bracket-shaped rim with two holes in which the loose handle of wrapped reed hangs. The spout is S-shaped and the lid has a knob in the form of a seated woman with a piece of paper in her left hand. The belly of the pot is decorated in relief with playing naked children, above a border of cut-out vertical reeds. The pot is marked.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineChocoladeketel met deksel van aardewerk, Wedgwood Black Basalt. Met deksel.. c. 1785 - c. 1800. Wedgwood. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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