Feather-Molded Milk Jug
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Company
(British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1758-60
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.372
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a Worcester Feather-Molded Milk Jug. The slender baluster-form body molded in a herringbone pattern, affixed at the back with a scroll handle, and painted on either side in a famille-rose palette with a Chinese Export-style stag hunting scene, the interior rim with an underglaze-blue floral meander border, workman's mark in underglaze-blue.ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1770