Hot-Milk Jug
1727-1728
Artists
Description
The egg-shaped body on three splayed and scroll hoof feet headed by tongues, with wood scroll handle and short spout with baluster drop, the hinged domed cover with acorn finial.
Dimensions
13 x 12.1 x 7.6 cm (5 1/8 x 4 3/4 x 3 in.) 245 g
Provenance
Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1949.
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