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Silver chocolate pot, by Michel II Delapierre

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An image of Chocolate Pot/Teapot/Hot Milk Jug. Delapierre, Michel II (French, Paris, master 1737, recorded 1785). Half fluted almost spherical body with wood handle. The short beak-like spout has a heart-shaped opening. The hinged cover is flat and gadrooned, and has a acorn-shaped finial. The jug stands on three scroll legs with fleur-de lis, scroll and flower capitals. Opposite the handle is engraved a coat-of-arms. Silver body, raised, embossed and matting with engraved armorials, cast finial and legs, wooden handle, height, to top of finial, 9.4 cm, width, side to handle, 15.8 cm, weight, gross, 190 g, 1758-1759. Louis XV.

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Chocolate Pot/Teapot/Hot Milk Jug. Delapierre, Michel II (French, Paris, master 1737, recorded 1785). Half fluted almost spherical body with wood handle. The short beak-like spout has a heart-shaped opening. The hinged cover is flat and gadrooned, and has a acorn-shaped finial. The jug stands on three scroll legs with fleur-de lis, scroll and flower capitals. Opposite the handle is engraved a coat-of-arms. Silver body, raised, embossed and matting with engraved armorials, cast finial and legs, wooden handle, height, to top of finial, 9.4 cm, width, side to handle, 15.8 cm, weight, gross, 190 g, 1758-1759. Louis XV.

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  • Accession Number: M.59-1961
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/25.0
  • Focal length: 100
  • Camera: Canon EOS 5D
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 1016 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 139.71kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 25/1
  • Captured: 2008:04:17 15:16:27

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18th Century Artist/Maker Artistic Movement Date Department Fitz_AA French Material Medium Michel Delapierre Michel Delapierre II Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Roccoco Rococo Silver Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd armorial cast chocolate coat of arms cocoa coffee pot cover crest embossed engraved engraving family crest finial fleur-de-lis fleur-de-lys fluted gadrooned gadroons handled heart shaped hearts heraldic heraldry hot chocolate jug lidded manuscript milk jug pot raised roll of arms service ware serving piece shield spout spouted tableware teapot vessel

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