Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012

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Art of Europe: July 2011–June 2012


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Chocolate pot

1762
Marked by Charles Wright
Height 73.7 cm (29 in.); Width 53.3 cm (21 in.)
Silver with fruitwood handle

Classification: Silver

Culture: English (London)

Accession number: 2012.16a-c

Provenance/Ownership History: Probably by 1920/1930, Zelda Fax (b. about 1898 - d. 1935), Baltimore, MD; by inheritance to her daughter Betty Fax Daskin (b. 1825 - d.2010), Canton, MA; 2011, bequest of Betty Fax Daskin to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 25, 2012)

Bequest of Betty Fax Daskin in memory of Walter Daskin