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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 2762515, member: 111"]Should mention the general form has been used for coffee pots since at least the 18th century, continuing into modern pieces - many variants can be found online:</p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=side+handle+coffee+pot&sxsrf=ALeKk00BKNj7Cuw9AW9wT-cB8k0VLjI1kA:1600893704558&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwig59TkkYDsAhWNc98KHUcuAAIQ_AUoAnoECAwQBA&biw=1536&bih=754&dpr=1.25" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=side+handle+coffee+pot&sxsrf=ALeKk00BKNj7Cuw9AW9wT-cB8k0VLjI1kA:1600893704558&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwig59TkkYDsAhWNc98KHUcuAAIQ_AUoAnoECAwQBA&biw=1536&bih=754&dpr=1.25" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=side+handle+coffee+pot&sxsrf=ALeKk00BKNj7Cuw9AW9wT-cB8k0VLjI1kA:1600893704558&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwig59TkkYDsAhWNc98KHUcuAAIQ_AUoAnoECAwQBA&biw=1536&bih=754&dpr=1.25</a></p><p><br /></p><p>While spouts can occasionally be fairly high on coffee pots, they're high on chocolate pots because when the stirrer was used, in addition to distributing the chocolate, it frothed up the milk, so the lighter beverage at the top was poured into the cup (many chocolate pots had a hole in the lid for the stirrer stick).</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 2762515, member: 111"]Should mention the general form has been used for coffee pots since at least the 18th century, continuing into modern pieces - many variants can be found online: [URL]https://www.google.com/search?q=side+handle+coffee+pot&sxsrf=ALeKk00BKNj7Cuw9AW9wT-cB8k0VLjI1kA:1600893704558&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwig59TkkYDsAhWNc98KHUcuAAIQ_AUoAnoECAwQBA&biw=1536&bih=754&dpr=1.25[/URL] While spouts can occasionally be fairly high on coffee pots, they're high on chocolate pots because when the stirrer was used, in addition to distributing the chocolate, it frothed up the milk, so the lighter beverage at the top was poured into the cup (many chocolate pots had a hole in the lid for the stirrer stick). ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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