Milk Jug (pot à lait ‘à trios pieds’)
This pear-shaped jug originally held milk to accompany hot tea. Milk, served warm or cold, could be added to one’s beverage to change the temperature and make the bitter flavor of strong tea more palatable; because this particular jug lacks a cover, it likely held chilled milk...
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Medium
soft paste porcelain
Genre
cream pitchers
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