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Cream Jug from the Kirkhill Teaservice
Cream Jug from the Kirkhill Teaservice

Cream Jug from the Kirkhill Teaservice

Silversmith (Aberdeen, Scotland, active c.1728 - 1758)
Datec. 1730
Object NameJug
Mediumsilver
ClassificationsApplied Art
DimensionsOverall: height 13.5cm
Weight: 183.31gm
Handle to Spout: width 9.7cm
Overall: depth 7.5cm
Base: diameter 5.9cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1986 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions, the Friends of Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums and the Incorporation of Goldsmiths of the City of Edinburgh.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationOn Display - Gallery 06
Object numberABDAG008503
About MeThis cream jug comes from the Kirkhill Teaservice, a rare example of a complete Scottish teaservice and one of the most important groups of Scottish provincial silver. The teaservice passed from the possession of the Burnett family of Kirkhill in Aberdeenshire when the eldest daughter, and heir, Margaret, married Alexander Bannerman in 1737. All the pieces, including this cream jug, are engraved with a crest, the motto "Byd Bee" and letter "B" possibly for the Burnetts of Kirkhill.

More About Me
Designed by a renowned Aberdeen silversmith, this handsome piece from a rare tea service is reflective of the high cost and exclusivity of tea which was not widely consumed until the later eighteenth century.
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