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Milk Jug (Pot à Lait à Trois Pieds) Milk Jug, 1790
This is a milk jug. It was manufactured by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory and painted by Geneviève Julie Boitel (née Dépérais). It is dated 1790 and we acquired it in 1923. Its medium is porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This object was
donated by
Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 11.4 × 8.7 × 11.9 cm (4 1/2 × 3 7/16 × 4 11/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Underside: [1] interlaced LLs enclosing "n n", painted in blue overglaze (manufactory and date mark) [2] "j d", painted in blue overglaze (painter's mark)
It is inscribed
Uninscribed
Cite this object as
Milk Jug (Pot à Lait à Trois Pieds) Milk Jug, 1790; Manufactured by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (France); Painted by Geneviève Julie Boitel (née Dépérais) (French, active 1786-1795, 1797-1800, and 1807-1822); porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold; H x W x D: 11.4 × 8.7 × 11.9 cm (4 1/2 × 3 7/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1923-22-54
