Milk jug

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Milk jug

Entry/Object ID

VC.59.165 a-b

Description

Milk jug, with cover: domed cover, with rounded conical finial; jug pear-shaped, with pinched spout, loop handle, and small foot; decorated in monocrhrome purple (manganese?), with sailing ship and buildings on cover, scene of "Sailer's Adieu" (sailer, with seated woman, against background of buildings), and sailing vessel in harbor.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Date made

circa 1775 - 1780

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

VC.59.165 A-B
VC.59.165a-b

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

5-3/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)

Material

Porcelain (hard-paste)

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

VC.59.47 - Bowl - Similar item

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Miscellaneous: Vide also VC.59.47, bowl, with transfer-printed "Sailer's Adieu" on exterior; Leeds, Yorkshire, England, dated 1778.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Manor, Parlour