Hot milk jug with cover

Unknown

ca. 1765 · Salt-glazed stoneware · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

These objects were probably made for export to Europe. Their lustrous glaze, unusual for Staffordshire white stoneware, suggests that the potters were consciously competing with imported ivory-white Chinese porcelains made in Tê-Hua, Fukien Provence.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1765

Medium

Salt-glazed stoneware

Culture

British, Staffordshire

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Russell S. Carter, 1945