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An extremely fine Meissen
cylindrical Chocolate Pot and Cover, the cylindrical pail-shaped pot with
a scroll moulded spout and to one side set into a scroll moulded support
extends the turned ebonised handle, the flat cover with gilt metal mounts,
handle and asymmetrical escutcheon which covers the hole for the molinette,
painted in a delicate range of puce monochromes of varying strength with
European figures at quaysides separated by windswept trees issuing from
rocky crags before ships in full sail with distant lands beyond. This is
an extremely rare shape.
Circa: 1740 – 45
Height: 5 5/8 ins (14.3cms)
Marks: impressed numeral 23 to base