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Milk jug
Milk jug, silver gilt (regilded), circular, supported on four reversed dolphin feet linked by scrolls, shallow depressed vase-form body, elaborately embossed and chased with a panel of dead gamebirds in a landscape and with an empty assymetrical cartouche flanked by a suspended stag and hare, all amid flowers and scrolls on a matted ground, everted rim applied with a band of stiff leaf; elaborate up-turned spout in the form of a merman issuing from acanthus and blowing a conch shell; ear-shaped handle, with a bifurcated bird-head upper terminal, engraved with feathers.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 50339
Acquisition
Purchase, 3/2/1954
Measurements
Height
(cm): 9.5
Length
(cm): 20.2
Width
(cm): 11.2
Height
(in): 3
Length
(in): 8
Width
(in): 4
Techniques
raised
forming
Applied Art
cast
forming
Applied Art
embossed
decoration
Applied Art
chased
decoration
Applied Art
engraved
decoration
Applied Art
Material
silver gilt
Location
Gallery 07A South
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