https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/24564/fullMilk Jug with chinoiseries after Jean-Baptiste Pillement (1728–1808)ca.1772Frankenthal Porcelain FactoryJean-Baptiste PillementOverall: 18 x 11 cm (7 1/16 x 4 5/16 in.)Hard-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gilding; silver-gilt mountsGift of George and Helen GardinerOrigin: Frankenthal, Palatinate, GermanyG83.1.6951Frankenthal Chinoiserie milk jug and cover with ear-shaped handle. The slender pear-shaped body is painted below the beak spout with a vivacious chinoiserie musical party. One figure is playing a stringed instrument, the second a wind instrument and the third holding a vocal score which is overlooked by an exotic bird on a perch below an orange coconut tree. The ground has scattered insects, and is has a domed lid with a smoking Chinese man and an almost neo-classical border in gilding.Frankenthal18th Century European PorcelainGerman Porcelain[]European CeramicsGerman Porcelain1811601050GermanCentral mark erased. 72 in underglaze blue. Incised H2