Chocolate cup and saucer

NameChocolate cup and saucer

CultureSpanish Colonial

Dateca. 1800

Place madeHighlands, Peru, South America

MediumSilver, coconut shell

DimensionsOverall: 3 15/16 x 3 9/16 x 4 5/16 in. (10 x 9 x 11 cm)

Credit LineIFAF Collection

Object numberFA.2010.87.1ab

DescriptionCup (a) has round brown polished coconut shell cup body with floral engraved silver rim, thin handle in form of a snake, and a footed silver base with a pierced, scalloped edge and a projecting semicircle in which the bottom of the handle is "caught" and soldered. Tiny silver nails affix the silver top and bottom to the cup. Lightly scribed under the scalloped edge of the base are a flower and "Esteban Otuspe R. On the base between the foot are the letters EOR and 4000 K. Saucer (b) is of thick silver. with a raised rim with a double scallop design around the edge.