Chocolate pots hit the sweet spot with collectors

A mid-18th-century Belgian silver chocolate pot by Jacobus van de Vyvere brought $5,204 plus the buyer’s premium in March 2017. Image courtesy of Dreweatts Donnington Priory and LiveAuctioneers.
A mid-18th-century Belgian silver chocolate pot by Jacobus van de Vyvere brought $5,204 plus the buyer’s premium in March 2017. Image courtesy of Dreweatts Donnington Priory and LiveAuctioneers.
A mid-18th-century Belgian silver chocolate pot by Jacobus van de Vyvere brought $5,204 plus the buyer’s premium in March 2017. Image courtesy of Dreweatts Donnington Priory and LiveAuctioneers.

NEW YORK — Chocolate has been a delicacy for centuries, enjoyed around the world in a range of treats, from truffles to pudding to cookies and cakes. Its simplest and most enjoyable form is also its earliest: a hot drink. Fine dining demands all manner of specialized serving pieces, so, unsurprisingly, a canny silversmith designed the chocolate pot, a vessel exclusively for melting and serving chocolate.

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Unique R.S. Prussia bowl and Regina music box triumph at Woody

Only known example of an R.S. Prussia Spring Season bowl in the Carnation mold, $24,000

 

Left, only known example of an R.S. Prussia Spring Season bowl in the Carnation mold, $24,000; Right, Regina upright music box, $15,400
Left, only known example of an R.S. Prussia Spring Season bowl in the Carnation mold, $24,000; Right, Regina upright mahogany case music box, $15,400

DOUGLASS, Kan. – A Spring Season bowl marked R.S. Prussia soared to $24,000 and a Regina upright music box brought $15,400 at the sale of the lifetime single-owner collection of David and Marlene Howard of Ohio, held March 19 by Woody Auction.

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Single-owner glass collection leads Woody sale, March 19

American Brilliant Cut Glass (ABCG) cranberry cut to clear tankard in the Prism and Fluke pattern, est. $1,500-$3,000
American Brilliant Cut Glass (ABCG) cranberry cut to clear tankard in the Prism and Fluke pattern, est. $1,500-$3,000

DOUGLASS, Kan. – The lifetime single-owner collection of David and Marlene Howard of Ohio – hundreds of quality antiques gathered during many decades of dedicated searching – will be offered on Saturday, March 19, at 9:30 am Central time at Woody Auction. In all, more than 450 lots will be sold. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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