Robert Cooper

A Queen Anne silver Hot Chocolate Pot, London 1703

Height: 28.8 cm (11 inches)
Weight: 31 oz 8 dwt

Of tall tapered cylindrical form, the straight spout extending from an applied cut card flame, at right angle to the wood C-scroll handle, which is applied with an openwork strap topped by a button finial, and attached by a chain to the hinge of the partly-fluted high domed cover, with scroll thumbpiece and hinged baluster finial.