Milk Jug
ca. 1745-1750 (made)
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Milk jug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. With a scrolled handle and lip spout moulded with formal petals picked out in gold. Gilt lace-work borders of palmettes and foliate scrolls. Painted with battle scenes in landscapes with trees and rocks, and a pink and blue sky.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded |
| Brief description | Milk jug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Capodimonte porcelain factory, Capo di Monte, ca. 1745-1750 |
| Physical description | Milk jug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. With a scrolled handle and lip spout moulded with formal petals picked out in gold. Gilt lace-work borders of palmettes and foliate scrolls. Painted with battle scenes in landscapes with trees and rocks, and a pink and blue sky. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Fleur de lys (In gold) |
| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the Murray Bequest |
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| Accession number | C.120-1942 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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