Cream Jug
1750-1800 (made)
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| Place of origin |
This Sheffield plate jug held milk or cream. In the 17th century British tea drinkers favoured green teas. By the mid 18th century, they preferred black teas. People usually drank these fermented black teas with milk or cream and often sweetened with sugar.
Thomas Boulsover produced Sheffield plate in about 1742. He fused unequal proportions of bars of silver and copper by heating them under pressure. The resulting material could be rolled into sheets of laminated metal and worked like silver. The Sheffield plate industry flourished for approximately one hundred years until electroplating superseded it in the 1840s.
Thomas Boulsover produced Sheffield plate in about 1742. He fused unequal proportions of bars of silver and copper by heating them under pressure. The resulting material could be rolled into sheets of laminated metal and worked like silver. The Sheffield plate industry flourished for approximately one hundred years until electroplating superseded it in the 1840s.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Sheffield plate |
| Brief description | Cream jug, Sheffield plate, English, 1750-1800 |
| Physical description | Plain bulbous body, circular foot, palmette attachments to handle (restored). Engraved with the initials CIA. Imitation silver marks. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Production | Reason For Production: Retail |
| Summary | This Sheffield plate jug held milk or cream. In the 17th century British tea drinkers favoured green teas. By the mid 18th century, they preferred black teas. People usually drank these fermented black teas with milk or cream and often sweetened with sugar. Thomas Boulsover produced Sheffield plate in about 1742. He fused unequal proportions of bars of silver and copper by heating them under pressure. The resulting material could be rolled into sheets of laminated metal and worked like silver. The Sheffield plate industry flourished for approximately one hundred years until electroplating superseded it in the 1840s. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.322-1912 |
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| Record created | September 23, 2002 |
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