Milk jug
Thomas Whieldon (1719 - 1795)
Category
Ceramics
Date
1760 - 1770
Materials
Earthenware
Place of origin
Staffordshire
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Benthall Hall, Shropshire
NT 509548
Summary
Black-glazed red earthenware milk jug, sparrow beak spout, moulded in relief with trailing vine picked out in cold gilding, raised on three scrolled legs, circular cover with a finial in the form of a bird with spreading wings. A paper label pasted on the underside has a “V” written in blue ink. Made circa 1760 - 1770.
Provenance
Made by Thomas Whieldon in Staffordshire circa 1760 - 1770. Included on page 2 of the Inventory of Items On Loan To The National Trust For Benthall Hall dated 1st October 1963. Owned by Sir Arthur Paul Benthall (1902 – 1992). Bequeathed to the National Trust in the will of Sir Arthur Paul Benthall dated 28th July 1983. Accepted for ownership by the National Trust in 1993 following the death of Sir Arthur Paul Benthall in 1992.
Marks and inscriptions
V (written in blue ink, paper label pasted on underside)
Makers and roles
Thomas Whieldon (1719 - 1795), maker