Hot milk pot
The type of silver jug, which often looks like a small coffeepot, was usually used in eighteenth-century France for serving mustard, which was often prepared in a semiliquid form. This example, however, must have been intended for hot milk. The lid's finial, which also serves as a thumbpiece for raising the lid, is in the form of a nightcap tassel, an allusion that would have been appropriate for hot milk, which was served with coffee in the morning.
Artwork Details
- Title: Hot milk pot
- Maker: Mathieu Bouvier (master Trévoux before 1746, master Lyons 1749, active 1758, died before 1763)
- Manufactory: Lyons Mint (after 1779)
- Date: ca. 1746–49
- Culture: French, Trévoux (Lyons Mint)
- Medium: Silver
- Dimensions: Height: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
- Classification: Metalwork-Silver
- Credit Line: Bequest of Catherine D. Wentworth, 1948
- Object Number: 48.187.278
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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