Milk Pan
Artist
Justin Campbell
(American, active Utica, 1823 - 1829)
Date1825-1829
MediumStoneware
DimensionsOverall: 5 5/8 × 11 1/2in. (14.3 × 29.2cm)
ClassificationsCULINARY ARTIFACTS
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Terms
Object number85.52.4
DescriptionSalt-glazed stoneware milk pan with cobalt decoration; brown Albany slip interior.On View
On viewCollections
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Label TextWide, shallow milk pans allowed milk to cool quickly so that the cream would rise and could then be skimmed off easily. In many areas, stoneware milk pans were replaced in the 1830s by much lighter tin containers.
