chocolate cup, Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Factory

Artwork Overview

chocolate cup, 1700s
Where object was made: Copenhagen, Denmark
Material/technique: ceramic
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 6.1 x 8.5 x 6.1 cm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 2 3/8 x 3 3/8 x 2 3/8 in
Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial
Accession number: 1928.6665.b
On display: Kress Gallery

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Chocolate consumption originated in Mesoamerica around 1400 BCE, where it was used as a form of tribute to rulers and consumed it as a frothy drink. By the 1700s, Spanish invaders had introduced this liquid confection to Western Europe, where it was sweetened with sugar and vanilla. The growing taste for hot chocolate helped fuel the spice and transatlantic slave trades.
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Chocolate consumption originated in Mesoamerica around 1400 BCE, where it was used as a form of tribute to rulers and consumed it as a frothy drink. By the 1700s, Spanish invaders had introduced this liquid confection to Western Europe, where it was sweetened with sugar and vanilla. The growing taste for hot chocolate helped fuel the spice and transatlantic slave trades.

Exhibitions

Cassandra Mesick Braun, curator
2022–2027