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Covered milk jug
Made at: Meissen Manufactory (Germany)
German
about 1725 with later decoration
Object Place: Europe, Germany
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
14.4 x 9.8 x 8 cm (5 11/16 x 3 7/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2051a-b
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionSmall jug with cover which has brass finial; royal blue ground with 2 side reserves decorated with chinoiserie figure birds and flowers; cover with 2 small reserves decorated in like manner; gilt bordering also birds and insects in gilt over blue ground;
ProvenanceForsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA.