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Collection Item: Milk Jug

Basic info

Collection
Decorative Arts
Object name
Milk jug
Object category
Ceramic
Object subcategory
Art pottery
Creators
Commondale Pottery (Pottery)
Description
A small buff terracotta milk jug, the inside glazed white. The outside of the jug is moulded with moulded foliage and Bacchic scenes coloured an orange-brown. The handle is moulded in the shape of a branch.
Production date start
1880
Production date end
1883
Period
Victorian

More info

Identification

Object number
YORYM : 1995.63
Alternative number
MM190
Commondale 5
YORYM : DA1971.294
Number of objects
1
Classification code
2.666
1.143
Classification scheme
SHIC
SHIC
ID
15000007

Physical Characteristics

Materials
Earthenware (Whole)
Dimensions
Whole height 12.3 cm
Whole diameter 8.5 cm
Whole width 12.5 cm
Rim diameter 7.0 cm

Production

Creators
Commondale Pottery (Pottery)
Location
Commondale
School/style
Art pottery