Cream Jug
ca. 1800 (made)
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| Place of origin |
This jug held milk or cream. In the 17th century British tea drinkers favoured green teas. By the mid 18th century they preferred black teas, which they usually drank with milk or cream and often sweetened with sugar.
Although it looks like silver, this jug is actually made of Sheffield plate, a fusion of copper and silver which Thomas Bolsover discovered in 1742. The laminated metal could be rolled into sheets and worked like silver. The Sheffield plate industry flourished for approximately one hundred years until electroplating superseded it in the 1840s.
Although it looks like silver, this jug is actually made of Sheffield plate, a fusion of copper and silver which Thomas Bolsover discovered in 1742. The laminated metal could be rolled into sheets 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 The Sheffield plate industry flourished for approximately one hundred years until electroplating superseded it in the 1840s.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, ca. 1800 |
| Physical description | Bulbous oval body with band of machine engraved leaf work around the neck, spreading lip, angular handle. |
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| Style | |
| Production type | Mass produced |
| Credit line | Mrs M. D. Chaplin Gift |
| Production | Reason For Production: Retail |
| Summary | This jug held milk or cream. In the 17th century British tea drinkers favoured green teas. By the mid 18th century they preferred black teas, which they usually drank with milk or cream and often sweetened with sugar. Although it looks like silver, this jug is actually made of Sheffield plate, a fusion of copper and silver which Thomas Bolsover discovered in 1742. The laminated metal could be rolled into sheets 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 The Sheffield plate industry flourished for approximately one hundred years until electroplating superseded it in the 1840s.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.614-1936 |
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| Record created | September 25, 2002 |
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