Chocolate Pot

Cozzi porcelain manufactory

About 1770

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Oval metal medallion with relief of male figure with lyre
Plain cream-colored stoneware mortar and pestle, the pestle with a rounded wood handle.
Small round scent flask of solid light blue jasperware with applied white jasper relief, on one side in the center the portrait bust of Catherine the Great of Russia as Minerva facing right, on the other in the center the portrait bust of William V, Prince of Orange (1748-1806) facing left, surrounding both portraits is a border of floral garlands, or festoons, interspersed with small patera, the edge decorated with a band of overlapping laurel leaves, the neck shrouded by an applied white veil, with simple silver stopper.
Soft-paste porcelain figure of a so-called "Mansion House Dwarf" or "Dwarf Crier" standing in full figure on a round, grassy base and wearing black trousers and shoes, pink vest with floral motifs, a brown waist band, blue sleeves and stockings, and a large Dutch cap with upturned brim, ribbons and gold highlights, the underside in purple lustre and with an advertising newsprint on the up turned brim of the hat advertising farm implements.