# Chocolate pot [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN POTTER, French]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Lead-glazed earthenware ## Commentary Chocolate pot c. 1700 Lead-glazed earthenware Musée National de Céramique, Sèvres Financial difficulties twice forced the French monarchy - in 1689 and again in 1709 - to melt down the crown's gold and silver plate. Few pieces of precious metalwork survived this disaster, but substitutes in fine porcelain were created. The ceramics craft was in full expansion, adapting its decorative forms to high-quality designs. The faience factory named "Pont aux Choux" \("Cabbage Bridge"\), was located in Paris near a bridge where farmers grew their cabbages. The factory turned out pieces that imitated the vanished plate, thereby providing testimony to an art of dining in grand style. ## Related artworks - [Bottle-cooler with a Chinese decor]() - [Cameo Service]() - [Cameo-style Plaque: The Battle of Friedland]() - [Cameo-style Plaque: The Conquest of Silesia]() - [Cameo-style Plaque: The Foundation of the Kingdom]() - [Cameo-style Plaque: The Freeing of Dantzig]() - [Cameo-style Plaque: The Three Hanseatic Cities \(Berlin, Warsaw, Königsberg\)]() - [Cameo-style Plaque: Victory of Eylau]() - ["Choisy" Flower Basin]() - ["Clodion" Vase]() - ["Clodion" Vase]() - [Cooler]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()