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Objekt 15

Chocolate pot with period typical bandelwerk decoration

Description

Due to the high cost of chocolate and its elaborate preparation, chocolate pots were made less frequently than tea and coffee pots.

Object description

Goldsmith: Andreas Braun (1697-1787)

Basel, around 1730/40

Silver, chased, cast, engraved; wooden handle, carved

Bequest Paul Alexandre Bourcart, Basel

Inv. 1973.82.

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