Ensemble for chocolate

Creator Name

Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory;
Claudius Innocentius du Paquier

Cultural Context

Viennese

Date

18th century

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

About the work

Curationist Object Description

This three-piece set made for drinking chocolate was designed and executed with ornate and luxurious detail. It is outfitted with intricate gold mounts, a lapis lazuli base to hold the spoon, and fine porcelain and glass beakers for imported spiced chocolate. The porcelain tray is painted with a trellis pattern and floral motifs. Two profile portraits of an aristocratic man and woman are separately framed in the center of the tray.

Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description

Ensemble for chocolate

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Title

Ensemble for chocolate

Creator

Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory;
Claudius Innocentius du Paquier, Director (organization)

Vienna, , Manufactory;
Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier period, Factory director

Worktype

Ceramics-Porcelain

Cultural Context

Viennese

Material

Hard-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels with gold mounts; gold, lapis lazuli; glass

Dimensions

Tray (confirmed): 8 1/2 x 5 3/8 x 3/4 in. (21.6 x 13.7 x 1.9 cm); Porcelain beaker (confirmed): 2 11/16 x 2 5/8 x 2 5/8 in. (6.8 x 6.7 x 6.7 cm); Glass beaker with cover: 4 1/4in. (10.8cm); Assembled height tray, beaker, cover (confirmed): 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm);
height: 10.8centimetre;
height: 1.9050038centimetre;
width: 13.652527centimetre;
height: 12.3825245centimetre;
depth: 6.6675134centimetre;
height: 6.8262634centimetre;
width: 6.6675134centimetre

Technique

Language

Date

18th century

1735–40

Provenance

Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1968

Style Period

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Vienna; Austria

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Chocolate; Floral motif; Woman; Man

Profiles; Shells

Topic

Spice Trade

Curationist Metadata Contributors

Christina Stone

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Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Ensemble for chocolate, 1735–40. Metropolitan Museum of Art. A finely decorated service made of gold, lapis lazuli, glass, and hard-paste porcelain used to serve and consume drinking chocolate. Public Domain.

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