Milk-Jug
ca. 1750 (made)
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Milk-jug of earthenware covered with a mottled manganese-brown lead glaze, and with a pear-shaped body, a loop handle and three mask-and-claw feet, and decorated with vine-leaves, grapes and winding stems applied in relief, and the leaves and masks are picked out with oil-gilding.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Earthenware covered with a mottled lead glaze and oil-gilded |
| Brief description | Milk-jug of earthenware covered with a mottled lead glaze and oil-gilded, maker unknown, made in Staffordshire, ca. 1750. |
| Physical description | Milk-jug of earthenware covered with a mottled manganese-brown lead glaze, and with a pear-shaped body, a loop handle and three mask-and-claw feet, and decorated with vine-leaves, grapes and winding stems applied in relief, and the leaves and masks are picked out with oil-gilding. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | The cover is missing. |
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| Other number | Sch. II 264 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:1052/B-1885 |
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| Record created | March 4, 2009 |
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