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Milk jug

Milk jug

ca. 1744

These pieces are part of a tea set made as a wedding gift for Lady Charlotte Beauclerk. Charlotte's father, the Duke of Saint Albans, was an illegitimate son of King Charles II. His arms, on the right of the shield, are identical to the king's, with the addition of a diagonal bar indicating royal but illegitimate birth.

Export ware, hard paste porcelain
3 1/2 x 3 9/16 in. (8.9 x 9 cm)
Gift of Martha and Henry Isaacson
76.115.2
location
Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe", February 17, 2000-May 7, 2000 (2/17/2000 - 5/7/2000)

Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma Art Museum, "Russian America: The Forgotten Frontier", (7/17-10/21/90); Anchorage Museum of History and Art (11/18/90 - 2/10/91); Alaska State Museum, Juneau (5/10-11/17/91); Oakland Museum (6-9/92)
Published ReferencesEmerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates, "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe", Seattle Art Museum, 2000, pg. 255

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