Milk Jug

ca. 1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Milk jug of lead-glazed earthenware painted with enamels. Barrel-shaped and with a loop handle formed of twisted bands and foliated attachments, and a sharp projecting lip. Painted on the sides in two eight-lobed oval panels reserved on a brown ground with a bouquet of red flowers and leaves in green.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware painted with enamels
Brief description
Milk jug of lead-glazed earthenware painted with enamels, Leeds Pottery, Leeds, ca. 1800.
Physical description
Milk jug of lead-glazed earthenware painted with enamels. Barrel-shaped and with a loop handle formed of twisted bands and foliated attachments, and a sharp projecting lip. Painted on the sides in two eight-lobed oval panels reserved on a brown ground with a bouquet of red flowers and leaves in green.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.8cm
  • Diameter: 8.6cm
Gallery label
(23/05/2008)
Milk jug
Made in Leeds, Yorkshire, about 1800
Lead-glazed earthenware

C.195&A-1922 Given by Mrs Herbert Allen (Maud Louise Allen)
Credit line
Given by Mrs Herbert Allen (Mrs Maude Louise Allen)
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.195-1922

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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