Lot Essay
for a similar milk-jug, see N. Wolff, Imperial Porcelain Factory (St. Petersburg, 1907), page 74, plate 105
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A PORCELAIN COVERED MILK-JUG
by the Imperial Porcelain Factory (Period of Catherine II)
Of baluster shape on circular raised foot, the spout moulded with acanthus leaves, the body painted with hunting scenes, the domed cover with pine-cone finial - 12.5 cm high; together with a cup and a saucer painted with military scenes within a stylised gilt rim. (3)
by the Imperial Porcelain Factory (Period of Catherine II)
Of baluster shape on circular raised foot, the spout moulded with acanthus leaves, the body painted with hunting scenes, the domed cover with pine-cone finial - 12.5 cm high; together with a cup and a saucer painted with military scenes within a stylised gilt rim. (3)