Drinking-chocolate pot
Modern Era, Europe
AL3403
Such pots were used to both prepare and serve drinking chocolate. They differ from coffee pots as drinking-chocolate pots have a handle on the side and a hole in the middle of the lid for the frother.
Note:
Gilliers, chef d’office. Le Canaméliste français ou nouvelle instruction pour ceux qui désirent d’apprendre l’office, rédigé en forme de dictionnaire, contenant les noms, les descriptions, les usages, les choix et les principes de tout ce qui se pratique dans l’office, Nancy, J.-B.-H. Leclerc, 1768, p.38.
Datasheet
- Type: Tableware
- Materials and techniques: Brass Wood Iron
- Date: circa 1750
- Dimensions: 33 x 25 x 18 cm
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The history of chocolate
These days, a cup of hot chocolate before bed may not seem all that unusual, but this has not always been the case. When the Spanish brought cocoa to Europe from the Americas it aroused great interest and stirred up much debate. Above all, it became a huge craze with the aristocracy and the more privileged classes of society.