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Cream Jug

Dateca. 1760

OriginEngland, Liverpool

MediumStoneware, tin-glazed

DimensionsH:5 1/4"; Diam. (with handle):4 15/16"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1959-423

DescriptionSquat baluster-shaped cream jug with projecting lip spout, flared foot, and S-scroll handle. White-tin glaze on stoneware decorated in blue with a broad floral spray extending around the body.
Label TextLarger than the typical milk jug in a tea set and smaller than a beer jug, this tin-glazed stoneware jug could have been used for hot water in a tea service. All the delft with a stoneware body is believed to have been made in Liverpool. Jugs with this so-called sparrow beak are also usually ascribed to Liverpool.
ProvenanceGinsburg & Levy, Inc., New York