Not on display

Chocolate Pot and Cover

ca. 1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Porcelain chocolate pot and cover with pewter hinge; painted and transfer-printed decoration of blue flowers on white with single blue line border around body and lid.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, with painted and printed decoration and pewter hinge
Brief description
Porcelain chocolate pot and cover with pewter hinge, blue flowers painted and printed on white, by Bayeux porcelain factory, France, ca. 1900.
Physical description
Porcelain chocolate pot and cover with pewter hinge; painted and transfer-printed decoration of blue flowers on white with single blue line border around body and lid.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'BAYEUX' (Printed in green enamel)
  • Transliteration
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Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Object history
Historical significance: The Bayeux Porcelain factory was established in 1810 in the Calvados area of northern France by Joachim Langlois; ownership passed to F.Gosse in 1849
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.268-1918

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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