Milk Jug
1827-1830 (made)
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Milk jug of soft-paste porcelain ornamented in relief and decorated with gilding. Eight-sided with a loop handle. On the two wide sides is a figure of a Chinese musician, and on each of the four small sides is a vertical rose spray. The shoulder is decorated with a continuous wavy vine-branch. The neck, lip and outside of the handle are gilt. On the front is a figure of Cupid, emblematical of Geography.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain ornamented in relief and decorated with gilding |
| Brief description | Milk jug of soft-paste porcelain ornamented in relief and decorated with gilding, Moncloa porcelain factory, Madrid, 1827-1830 |
| Physical description | Milk jug of soft-paste porcelain ornamented in relief and decorated with gilding. Eight-sided with a loop handle. On the two wide sides is a figure of a Chinese musician, and on each of the four small sides is a vertical rose spray. The shoulder is decorated with a continuous wavy vine-branch. The neck, lip and outside of the handle are gilt. On the front is a figure of Cupid, emblematical of Geography. |
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| Credit line | Given by Señora Riaño |
| Object history | Part of a tea-service 339 to E-1876. |
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| Accession number | 339C-1876 |
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| Record created | April 27, 2010 |
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