Posset Pot and Cover

ca.1700

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Object Label

Posset was a beverage made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or other alcoholic liquor and flavored with spices. Although the liquids would have been produced locally, the spices in the mixture came from the Caribbean, Asia, and the Middle East. The control of spices and the wealth derived from them were important incentives for global exploration and expansion.

This posset pot was produced in Bristol, a city in southwestern England that served as the primary port for the trade of enslaved Africans from Britain to the colonies. It is recorded that more than five hundred thousand Africans were sent from Bristol to toil throughout the Americas.

Caption

Posset Pot and Cover, ca.1700. Ceramic, glaze, polychrome glazes, 7 1/2 x 6 in. (19.1 x 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 66.31a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 66.31_PS11.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Posset Pot and Cover

Date

ca.1700

Medium

Ceramic, glaze, polychrome glazes

Classification

Food/Drink

Dimensions

7 1/2 x 6 in. (19.1 x 15.2 cm)

Signatures

no signature

Inscriptions

no inscriptions

Markings

no marks

Credit Line

H. Randolph Lever Fund

Accession Number

66.31a-b

Rights

Creative Commons-BY

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