Chocolate pot with cover (part of a set)

Josiah Wedgwood and Sons British

Decorator Decoration after a design by Laurence Sterne British, born Ireland

1785–90

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Title: Chocolate pot with cover (part of a set)
Maker: Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (British, Etruria, Staffordshire, 1759–present)
Decorator: Decoration after a design by Laurence Sterne (British (born Ireland), 1713–1768)
Date: 1785–90
Culture: British, Etruria, Staffordshire
Medium: Jasperware
Dimensions: Overall (with cover): 7 7/16 × 6 in. (18.9 × 15.2 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit Line: Gift of Ferdinand Hermann, 1912
Object Number: 12.20.1a, b
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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