Chocolate Pot

Maker: Meissen Porcelain Factory, Meissen, Germany, founded 1710
Decorator: attributed to Johann Georg Heintze, German, 1706–after 1749
Date: c.1740–1745
Material: Glazed porcelain with enamel and gilding, gilded bronze mounts, and wood
made in: Meissen, Sachsen state, Germany, Europe
Classification: Ceramics
Collection: Decorative Arts and Design
Current Location: On View, Gallery 122
Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 9 x 5 1/2 in. (19.1 x 22.9 x 14 cm)
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 484:1955a,b

- 1955
French and Company, Inc., New York, NY

1955 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from French and Company, Inc. [1]

Note:
[1] Per invoice dated January 25, 1956 [SLAM document file]; Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, December 8, 1955.

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