Milk Jug
ca. 1850 (made)
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Object Type
A modest, entirely plain jug, used for milk. Made in the mid-19th century, at a time when cheap, press-moulded glass was beginning to become the most available type, a hand-made but undecorated artefact such as this was still extremely marketable.
Materials & Making
This jug is made in strong, brilliantly-clear lead glass. The bowl was blown and, while still on the blowing-pipe, the handle and spout were applied. The handle is part-formed as a gather of molten glass, which is allowed to lengthen by means of gravity and then attached at top and bottom to the body of the jug. The spout is a gather of molten glass applied to the rim and then pulled, with the rim and side of the bowl outwards to form a spout. This modest took probably required at least two people to make.
A modest, entirely plain jug, used for milk. Made in the mid-19th century, at a time when cheap, press-moulded glass was beginning to become the most available type, a hand-made but undecorated artefact such as this was still extremely marketable.
Materials & Making
This jug is made in strong, brilliantly-clear lead glass. The bowl was blown and, while still on the blowing-pipe, the handle and spout were applied. The handle is part-formed as a gather of molten glass, which is allowed to lengthen by means of gravity and then attached at top and bottom to the body of the jug. The spout is a gather of molten glass applied to the rim and then pulled, with the rim and side of the bowl outwards to form a spout. This modest took probably required at least two people to make.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Glass |
| Brief description | Milk jug, Britain, 1845-1852 |
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| Object history | Made in England |
| Summary | Object Type A modest, entirely plain jug, used for milk. Made in the mid-19th century, at a time when cheap, press-moulded glass was beginning to become the most available type, a hand-made but undecorated artefact such as this was still extremely marketable. Materials & Making This jug is made in strong, brilliantly-clear lead glass. The bowl was blown and, while still on the blowing-pipe, the handle and spout were applied. The handle is part-formed as a gather of molten glass, which is allowed to lengthen by means of gravity and then attached at top and bottom to the body of the jug. The spout is a gather of molten glass applied to the rim and then pulled, with the rim and side of the bowl outwards to form a spout. This modest took probably required at least two people to make. |
| Other number | 1126 - Glass gallery number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 62-1852 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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