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New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Worcester 'French Shape' Fluted Pear-Shaped Milk Jug and Cover
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Worcester 'French Shape' Fluted Pear-Shaped Milk Jug and Cover

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1772
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions5 3/8 × 4 × 3 3/8 in. (13.7 × 10.2 × 8.6 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.301
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a Worcester "French shape" fluted pear-shaped milk jug (A) and cover (B) decorated in the London workshop of James Giles in gilding. Each piece has floral garlands pendent from four bowknotted ribbons. The rim of each piece is edged with a gilt dentil border. The ear-shaped handle has gilt lines and dots. The cover has a gilt-heightened floral sprig knop. The cover has wear to the gilding and tiny chips on the knop.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
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