Chocolate pot

Pear-shaped silver chocolate pot engraved with the seal of the burgh of Selkirk, the 1721 prize for the annual horse race initiated in 1715, by Patrick Murray, Edinburgh, 1720 - 1721

Chocolate pot / lid

Plain circular lid for the Selkirk Race Prize silver chocolate pot, by Patrick Murray, Edinburgh, 1720 - 1721

Chocolate pot

Chocolate pot and cover of porcelain, with bar-shaped handle at right angle to spout, painted in polychrome with groups of figures and birds in oval panels, with red diaper ornament in the interspaces: China, Qing dynasty, early 19th century

Nécessaire de voyage

Silver-gilt chocolate pot, with a cover and a detachable ebony and ivory handle, from the nécessaire de voyage or travelling service assembled by Martin-Guillaume Biennais for Napoleon's sister, the Princess Pauline Borghese, possibly at the time of her marriage to Prince Camillo Borghese in 1803: French, Paris, by Marie-Joseph-Gabriel Genu, hallmarked 1798 - 1809, bequeathed to Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton, in 1825