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Milk jug (from a tea service)

ca. 1775
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 538
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 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
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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