• (Public) Colonial Chocolate Maker with Robert Lecce

    Dorothy Quincy Homestead 34 Butler Road, Quincy, MA, United States

    Please join the NSCDA-MA for Art of Colonial Chocolate Making at the Dorothy Quincy Homestead House. Immerse yourself back in the 18th-century witnessing chocolate-making with Robert Lecce of  Pewter Pot Fine Spiced Chocolates. You will be invited to sample chocolate and hot chocolate.  Like what you sampled? Chocolate bars, and other items made by Robert Lecce will...

  • (Public) Lace-making Demonstration

    Dorothy Quincy Homestead 34 Butler Road, Quincy, MA, United States

    Throughout the 18th century, Ipswich Massachusetts was the largest commercial producer of lace on the North American continent. Continental production became even more important during the years leading up to the American Revolution when provincial citizens began boycotting imported English goods. Lace of all types from simple tapes to lavish and expensive silk trims were...

  • (Public) The Art of 18th Century Spinning with Zoe Lawson

    Dorothy Quincy Homestead 34 Butler Road, Quincy, MA, United States

    The Dorothy Quincy Homestead on August 22, 2026 welcomes back Zoe Lawson. The art of spinning is best learned by the young, and Zoe Lawson has been practicing the craft of spinning by drop spindle and on a wheel since childhood. She shares her techniques while in 18th century garb while illuminating the various methods...