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Milk Jug with "Strohblumen" Pattern Milk Jug
This is a milk jug. It was manufactured by Tettau Porcelain Manufactory. It is dated ca. 1790 and we acquired it in 1953. Its medium is hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This object was
bequest of
Georgiana L. McClellan.
It is credited Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan.
Its dimensions are
H x W x D (a: jug): 10.3 × 9.8 × 6.5 cm (4 1/16 × 3 7/8 × 2 9/16 in.) H x diam. (b: lid): 4 × 5.8 cm (1 9/16 × 2 5/16 in.) H x W x D (a,b: overall): 13.7 × 9.8 × 6.5 cm (5 3/8 × 3 7/8 × 2 9/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Underside: [1] cursive "T.", painted in underglaze blue (Tettau Porcelain Manufactory mark) [2] "4", incised underglaze
It is signed
Unsigned
It is inscribed
Uninscribed
Cite this object as
Milk Jug with "Strohblumen" Pattern Milk Jug; Manufactured by Tettau Porcelain Manufactory; Germany; hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel; H x W x D (a: jug): 10.3 × 9.8 × 6.5 cm (4 1/16 × 3 7/8 × 2 9/16 in.) H x diam. (b: lid): 4 × 5.8 cm (1 9/16 × 2 5/16 in.) H x W x D (a,b: overall): 13.7 × 9.8 × 6.5 cm (5 3/8 × 3 7/8 × 2 9/16 in.); Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan; 1953-17-12-a,b
