A Pair of Polychrome Milking Groups


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The cow is modelled affronté. Each cow with a manganese spotted hide, forelock, eyes, ears, muzzle and hooves. An iron - red tong. Yellow horns. She is wearing a garland of wonderfull flowers around her neck and back. One is milked by a lad wearing a manganese hat and trouser, a blue jacket. The other cow is milked by a maid wearing a yellow hat, and green skirt and a blue jacket. Both are seated before a white-striped pail amidst leaves and grasses and a blue frog on a rectangular green base with marbleized sides.

Origin
Delft, The Netherlands
Period
Around 1800
Material
Delft Earthenware
Signature
LPK, the factory 'De Vergulde Lampetkan'
Reference
112-584
Sizes
17 cm

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