John Schuppe
British, mark entered 1753
Cream Jug
1758/59
Cow-shaped cream jugs became popular in England during the second half of the eighteenth century. This jug is filled by lifting the hinged lid on the cow's back by the small, fly-shaped handle. Milk or cream can then be poured through the cow's mouth into hot coffee or tea.
| Medium | silver gilt |
| Dimensions | 3 7/8 x 6 x 1 11/16 in. (9.8 x 15.2 x 4.3 cm) Troy weight: 5.25 toz (163.3 g) |
| Object Number | 1955.95 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | On View |
Image Caption
John Schuppe, Cream Jug, 1758/59, silver gilt. Clark Art Institute, 1955.95
Select Bibliography
Guille, Peter. Exhibit Eighteen: Old Silver Tea Accessories. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, March 1962.
Wees, Beth Carver. "From Silver Spouts the Grateful Liquors Glide." In Three Cheers for the Twenty-Fifth. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1980.
Anonymous. "Old Silver Tea Accessories in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute." Antiques 81 (April 1962): 400404.
Wees, Beth Carver. "English Silver in an American Museum: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute." Silver Society Journal 4 (Autumn 1993):115–23.
Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.
