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Milk jug and cover
Made at: Meissen Manufactory (Germany)
German
1735–40
Object Place: Europe, Germany
Medium/Technique
M
Dimensions
Overall: 15.5 x 11.1cm (6 1/8 x 4 3/8in.)
Other (at rim): 5cm (1 15/16in.)
Other (at rim): 5cm (1 15/16in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Rita and Frits Markus
Accession Number1983.614a-b
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionThe thrown jug is pear-shaped and stands on a shaped foot ring. The handle is S-shaped, and the gently curved spout has a heart-shaped opening. The cover is domed and has a broad rim and round finial; it is pierced through. The body of the jug and the cover are painted with a lime-green ground. There are two white quatrefoil reserves on both body and cover, which are painted in blue, iron-red, yellow, green, and black in the Kakiemon style. On the body one reserve has two Japanese children holding fans, the other a single seated child, also holding a fan, both between flowering plants. The reserves on the cover are similarly painted, and the finial is painted with a star motif in iron-red. The handle, apparently warped in the firing, is decorated with indianische Blumen and gold, as is the spout. The foot ring, the inner rim of the cover, the scrolls on the handle, and the edges of the spout are gilded.
Marks
(1) on base, in underglaze blue: crossed swords
ProvenanceNovember 1956, bought in New York by Rita and Frits Markus, Amsterdam and New York; 1983, gift of Rita and Frits Markus. (Accession date: January 18, 1984)