Copper Chocolate Pot
date: label: date made
content: 1740-1760
notes: label: Description
content: During the 18th century, the preparing, serving and consuming of chocolate and coffee became a ritualistic affair for the middle classes. Americans drank hot beverages made from ingredients grown thousands of miles away—cacao beans and sugar from the Caribbean or South America and tea leaves shipped from China or India. They purchased special utensils to enjoy the ritual of hot chocolate at breakfast, or afternoon and evening tea. These drinks provided nourishment as well as opportunities for family and friends to gather around the cup. While it had been popular with upper classes for a century earlier, the desire to mimic the upper classes led to a proliferation of utensils and serving ware to enhance the experience.
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Domestic Furnishings
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Sewer, Andy; Allison, David; Liebhold, Peter; Davis, Nancy; Franz, Kathleen G.. American Enterprise: A History of Business in America
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mars, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0015.01
label: accession number
content: 2014.0015
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0015.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pot, chocolate
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (part: handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (part: rivets material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 10 7/8 in x 3 7/8 in; 20.32 cm x 27.6225 cm x 9.8425 cm