Milk Jug
ca. 1735 (made)
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Milk jug of hard-paste porcelain. Straight handle to pear-shaped body with acanthus-moulded end. Moulded rim-spout. Painted with a harbour scene and a river landscape in cartouches framed with hatched gilt scrolls and purple feathery foliage, scattered Indian flowers. Gilt spout and handle details.
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Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt |
Brief description | Milk jug, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1735 |
Physical description | Milk jug of hard-paste porcelain. Straight handle to pear-shaped body with acanthus-moulded end. Moulded rim-spout. Painted with a harbour scene and a river landscape in cartouches framed with hatched gilt scrolls and purple feathery foliage, scattered Indian flowers. Gilt spout and handle details. |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey |
Production | Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. |
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Accession number | C.1459-1919 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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