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Milk jug
Milk jug, hard-paste porcelain, rounded foot-rim, bulbous body, rounded lip-rim, beak spout with foliate moulding to the underside, double intertwined handle with spreading leaves at the terminals; finely painted in polychrome enamels with to either side of the exterior body a riverside landscape with buildings and figures, a gilt line around the exterior lip-rim of the jug, the spout and handle picked out in gilt.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35744
Creation/Production
Berlin State Factory
Date: 1775-1780
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 7
diam
(cm): 6.2
Width
(cm): 9.5
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 2
Width
(in): 3
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
glaze
Location
In store
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