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Chocolate pot

(free 1754, died in 1815)
(English (London), 1756–1775)
1762
Medium/TechniqueSilver with fruitwood handle
DimensionsHeight 73.7 cm (29 in.); Width 53.3 cm (21 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Betty Fax Daskin in memory of Walter Daskin
Accession number2012.16a-c
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilver
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ProvenanceProbably by 1920/1930, Zelda Fax (b. about 1898 - d. 1935), Baltimore, MD; by inheritance to her daughter Betty Fax Daskin (b. 1825 - d.2010), Canton, MA; 2011, bequest of Betty Fax Daskin to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 25, 2012)
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