Milk jug

Description

Silver-gilt milk jug with scroll handle and fluted spout, engraved with cinquefoils and crosses as heraldic devices of William Beckford of Fonthill Abbey: English, London, by Philip Rundell, 1819 - 1820

Museum reference

A.1977.208

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Milk jug

Production information

Rundell, Philip, 1746 - 1827, Silversmith
London, England, Northern Europe

Date

1819 - 1820

Materials

Silver-gilt

Physical description

Silver-gilt

Associations

Previous owner: Beckford, William Thomas, 1760 - 1844
Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire, England, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Art of Living (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

• European Styles (29 Jul 2011 - 03 Aug 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 5 »
art, design and fashion, art of living

Credit

Acquired with the aid of the Art Fund