Covered Milk Jug
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.
Credit: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
1774-1814
Hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
1938-57-521-a,b
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
Where you'll find this
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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