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Creator	Ward, Joseph
Title	Chocolate Pot (altered)
Date	London, 1701-1702
Format-Medium	silver
Format-Extent	height: 25.4 cm. length at handle: 16.5 cm. width at spout: 15.2 cm. diameter of base: 9.2 cm. weight: 793.1 grams
Notes	Joseph Ward (free 1689) Marks: Fully marked on body to right of handle: maker's mark WA, anchor between, in shaped shield (Grimwade 2989) Britannia lion's head erased date letter f for 1701/2. Lion's head erased and maker's mark on cover bezel Medium notes: The tapered cylindrical body with incurved base is constructed from sheet, seamed vertically at the handle. It has a seamed applied lip molding, an applied midband, a strengthening wire at the base, and a cast and applied circular foot. The slightly convex circular base is inset. The lower body is chased with vertical flutes bordered by scalloped bands of chased dots and matting. The tubular spout is raised and has a curved elongated tip. A small elliptical hole is cut in the body behind it. The handle sockets are made from seamed sheet with scalloped outer edges, and the C-curved wooden handle is attached to each with a silver pin., A shaped panel of cut-card work is applied to the body at the upper handle socket, while chased acanthus leaves against a matted ground simulate the effect around the lower socket and the base of the spout. The domed cover is raised and chased with concave flutes bordered by scalloped bands of chased dots and matting. The cover has an applied lip molding and bezel and a hole cut in its center, beneath which is soldered a small cylinder. The removable finial consists of a cast baluster on a circular molded disk and another cylinder, which fits snugly into the cover hole. A silver chain is attched to the neck of the baluster by a single ring and to the lip molding, just to the right of the handle, by another ring. The cover is attached to the upper handle socket by a 3-part hinge and a knurled and voluted thumbpiece. The spout has been resoldered, its tip is a later addition, and the foot may have been altered City: London In: Beth Carver Wees. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997. (no. 209, pp. 309-310, repr.) Image/Metadata: Amico Library: 2002 ARTstor: 2006 CAMIO 2006
Accession Number	Accession Number: 1955.273
Repository	Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, Mass
Nationality	Nationality: English
Subject	Silverwork -- England -- London -- 18th century Chocolate pots -- England -- London -- 18th century Beverage containers -- England -- London -- 18th century Chocolate drinks -- England -- London -- 18th century Decorative arts -- England -- London -- 18th century Fluting (Architecture and decoration)
Form-Genre	Silver;Silverwork;Chocolate pots;Makers' marks;Date letters;Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects. amico
Collection	Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Museum Collections

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