Cream jug
Cream jug
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory. ca. 1750. Soft-paste porcelain. Explore the catalogue record, image rights and documented connections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Cream jugObject type
Cream jug is a type of object named in the museum catalogue.
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Cream jug
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PorcelainMaterial
Porcelain is a material named in the museum catalogue.
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Soft-paste porcelain
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Flowers
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