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Manufactory Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg Russian
Similar porcelain services—either the so-called tête-à-tête (for two persons) or the egoist type (for a single user)—were typical wedding gifts from Catherine the Great to her ladies-in-waiting.
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Title: Milk jug (from a tea service)
Manufactory:
Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg (Russian, 1744–present)
Date: ca. 1775
Culture: Russian, St. Petersburg
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions: Height: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit Line: The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982
Object Number: 1982.60.170a, b
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