Chocolate Pot
Date1840 - 1856
Mediumsilver
Dimensions6 1/2 × 5 1/2 inches (16.5 × 14 cm)
MarkingsMaker's mark stamped on the bottom: S.WILMOT in semicircle / 3 / G & W [dot] G & W / ENGLISH STERLING / 925-1000
Credit LineBequest of Margaret Gray Thomas.
Object numberOT1951.193
CopyrightThe images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextThe two marks on the underside of this chocolate pot indicate the degree to which Savannah silversmiths fostered connections with firms elsewhere along the East Coast. One mark is for Grosjean & Woodward, a partnership between Charles Woodward (1835–1865) and Eli Woodward (c. 1841–1866) that began in Boston and moved to New York. The firm operated until 1856, and they frequently supplied silver to other retailers, most famously New York’s Tiffany & Company (founded 1837). The other is that of Samuel Wilmot, who was born in Connecticut and moved to the South, where he was active in Georgetown, South Carolina as early as 1830. He assumed control of his cousin Thomas T. Wilmot’s (1804–1850) firm in Savannah after his death, until he partnered with Henry A. Richmond in 1860. The second mark likely indicates Wilmot as the retailer of the pot. The “JGT” monogram may have been added later, for the donor Margaret Gray Thomas’s father, James Gray Thomas (1834–1884), who married Margaret Wallace Owens (1829–1915) in 1865.
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