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“Chelsea Ewer” Milk Jug
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“Chelsea Ewer” Milk Jug

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1770-75
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.380
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 112, Case 3
DescriptionThis is a Worcester Chinoiserie 'Chelsea Ewer' Milk Jug. The spirally fluted oval body molded around the base with conforming acanthus leaves and affixed with an iron-red-heightened elaborate scroll handle, and painted on either side with a Chinese figure and a small boy in a fenced garden within an iron-red-edged panel reserved on a gilt scrollwork ground further reserved with smaller floral panels.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
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