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Milk jug
Made at: Worcester Manufactory (England)
English (Worcester)
about 1770
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration
Credit Line
Bequest of Janet M. Wolfson
Accession Number1982.61a-b
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionMilk-jug and cover in soft-paste porcelain. Pear-shaped, slightly domed coverwith molded flower finial and applied leaves; apple green ground, two large w hite reserve panels with rococo gilt scrolls of exotic birds amongst trees andplants in polychrome enamels; smaller panels of birds in flight; also on lid flower finial and leaves in pink; gilt leaves on handle. Mate with 1982.62a,b
Marks
Unmarked
InscriptionsPaper label inside, "1572"; Wolfson collection label, "No. 71 Worc."
ProvenanceAlbert Amor, London (dealer); 1972, purchased by Janet M. Wolfson, Brookline, MA