Covered Milk Jug with Chinoiserie Vignettes

Royal Porcelain Manufactory Berlin, Berlin, Germany, founded 17631763–1780

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Pear-shaped, bracket lip, double-curved strap handle. Small flat cover with flower finial. Vignettes of Chinoiserie figures in landscape, with gilded and painted imbricated borders.

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Title: Covered Milk Jug with Chinoiserie Vignettes
Creator: Royal Porcelain Manufactory Berlin, Berlin, Germany, founded 1763
Date Created: 1763–1780
Original Source: http://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/58853
Medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
Credit line: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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