Description:
Blown milk glass jug with cover decorated with flower sprays in green, pink, yellow, and blue. In the third quarter of the 17th century, French, German and Bohemian glassmakers developed formulae, such as Johann Kunckel's 1679 recipe for opal glass, to produce an opaque white glass - "milchglas" - that imitated white porcelain or china. "Glass china" was an early 19th century term for what is is currently called "milk glass". The jug has a simple cover with round knop, small pouring spout, rounded coil handle with tooled terminal, a band of red oblique lines forming triangles around the top, and molded foot.
Subjects:
Enamel and enameling; Glass; polychrome Link to share this object record:
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