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Milk Jug

Porcelain white milk jug with colorful enamels of flowers and leaves. The cover is topped by a flower-shaped element and is held by a plane silver fastener.
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  • Porcelain white milk jug with colorful enamels of flowers and leaves. The cover is topped by a flower-shaped element and is held by a plane silver fastener.

Date:

1750–60

Artist:

Mennecy Factory
Mennecy, France, 1750-73

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Artist

Mennecy Factory

Title

Milk Jug

Place

Mennecy (Object made in)

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Made 1750–1760

Medium

Soft-paste porcelain with polychrome enamels and metal mounts

Inscriptions

Mark: "DV / f" incised

Dimensions

14.3 × 10.8 cm (5 5/8 × 4 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of an Anonymous Donor

Reference Number

1958.489

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