A Pair of Polychrome Milking Groups


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A Pair of Polychrome Milking Groups

The cow is modelled affronté. Each cow with a manganese spotted hide, forelock, eyes, ears, muzzle and hooves. An iron - red tong. Yellow horns and udder. She is wearing a garland of wonderfull flowers around her neck and back. One is milked by a lad wearing a manganese hat and shoes, a green jacket and yellow shorts. The other cow is milked by a maid wearing a yellow hat, and skirt dotted with iron - red flowers and a green jacket. Both are seated before a yellow-striped pail amidst leaves and grasses and a blue frog on a rectangular green base with marbleized sides.
Origin
Delft, The Netherlands
Period
Around 1760
Material
Delft Earthenware
Reference
112-557
Sizes
18 x 22 x 11 cm

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