Hot-Milk Jug and Cover

Modeler Johann Joachim Kändler (German, 1706 - 1775)

Manufacturer Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (German, founded in 1710)

Dateca. 1735

MediumPorcelain

DimensionsOverall: 6 1/4 × 3 1/2 × 4 1/2 inches (15.88 × 8.89 × 11.43 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the generosity of Nelson Gallery Foundation, Caroline N. Berkowitz Fund, and the Berkowitz - Hochst Porcelains Fund

Object number2017.39.1,2

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On view

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Collections

Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts

Terms

DescriptionA white porcelain hot milk jug with elongated ovoid body tapering down to the base; with a short slightly flared neck with an ozier (basket weave) pattern molded into the ceramic body on the upper part, delineated with bands of gilding. The body is capped with a convex lid with ozier molding between two narrow bands of gilding and three small red, blue, green and black enameled flowers; atop of which sits a pineapple finial edged in red and yellow enamel. A female head wearing a plumed hair ornament with three feathers and a purple scarf tops an elaborate scrolled handle highlighted with gilding. A male head with a black tricorn hat outlined with gilding and ruffed collar forms the spout. Chrysanthemums, tree-peonies and insects in polychrome enamels ornament the body of the jug. Gilding highlights the handle, details of the spout, neck and lid.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Luxury and Passion: Inventing French Porcelain, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, August 13 2022–August 12 2024, no cat.

Provenance

Possibly from a service ordered by Count Heinrich von Bruhl (1700-1763), Germany;

Sold, Galerie Jürg Stuker, Berne, November 9, 1966, lot 2;

Mr. Said Marouf (b. 1934) and Mrs. Roswitha Marouf (b. 1937), California, by 2010;

Sold, The Marouf Collection, Part I, Bonhams, London, December 5, 2012, lot 68;

Private Collection, by 2012;

Purchased from the Brian Haughton Gallery, London by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, MO, 2017.

Published References

Ulrich Pietsch, Passion for Meisen: The Said and Roswitha Marouf Collection. (Stuttgart: Arnoldsche, 2010) 301-303 (repro.).

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