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Cream or milk jug (Cream or milk pot)
1825-1830
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (lusterware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1981.0170.001
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James S. Grant, Jr. in memory of Helen B. Grant
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Object Number
1981.0170.001
Object Name
Cream or milk jug (Cream or milk pot)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1825-1830
Materials
- Earthenware (lusterware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Rouletted
Dimensions (inches)
4 (H) x 3 (W) x 5.5 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
10 (H) x 7.6 (W) x 13.9 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Griffin, John D. 2005 The Leeds Pottery: 1770- 1778. 1.
• Similar silver luster cream jug: fig. 329, p. 226. Griffin attributes form to Leeds Pottery due to marked examples of Black Basalt ware of the same design, both body and handleArticle: Kuettner, Angelika R. 2019 Some Took a Shine to It: Silver Lusterware in Federal America. American Ceramic Circle Journal. XX: 99-115.
• Ribbed silver luster sugar bowl with early history of ownership in Maine: pp. 109-110, fig. 15, although differing in design details, a ribbed sugar bowl was owned by Henry T. and Jane Cheever, at the Sayward-Wheeler house in York Harbor, Maine.