Covered Milk Jug
date: label: Date
content: mid- 19th century
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Pear-shaped, rib handle, funnel-spout. Domed cover with floral knob. Painted in colors with naturalistic flowers. Spout and handle touched with purple and green. Brown rim on lid. Rounded foot.
place: label: made in
content: Germany
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-57-521-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: ceramics
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: jug
label: Type
content: jug
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a,b: overall): 15.2 × 12.8 × 8.4 cm (6 in. × 5 1/16 in. × 3 5/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a: pot): 13.1 × 12.8 × 8.4 cm (5 3/16 × 5 1/16 × 3 5/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (b: lid): 2.4 × 5.3 cm (15/16 × 2 1/16 in.)