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Late 17th - early 18th century

Posset Pot and Cover

Artist/maker unknown

This vessel was used for posset, a popular drink in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Posset was made of hot milk curdled with ale or wine and flavored with sugar and spices.

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