Covered Milk Jug (c. 1770): Art, History and Details

Covered Milk Jug (c. 1770) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Pont-aux-Choux Factory (French).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Cream-colored earthenware was introduced by Wedgwood in the 1760s. He exported it to the continent, where it was quickly imitated. In France the ware was known as faience fine and the Pont-aux-Choux factory in Paris was the most famous manufacturer of such wares. Cream ware was harder and thus more durable than traditional faience.

Object facts

• Title: Covered Milk Jug
• Date: c. 1770
• Creator attribution: Pont-aux-Choux Factory (French)
• Culture: France, Paris
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: Lead- glazed earthenware (faience fine); pewter
• Dimensions: Overall: 23.3 x 15.3 x 12.1 cm (9 3/16 x 6 x 4 3/4 in.)
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 1962.378

A detail from the museum

Milk jugs with lids or covers usually held warm milk for coffee or tea.

Collection credit

The Norweb Collection

View the collection record

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