Cream or Milk Jug 1795 - 1796

Editor: Here we have an elegant, silvery cream or milk jug, crafted by Samuel Godbehere. It's quite petite. What do you make of its form and feel? Curator: Ah, it whispers of quiet mornings and refined tastes. Notice the square base grounding the fluid curves. It's like a conversation between stability and grace, isn’t it? Almost a dance between earth and sky. Does it evoke anything for you? Editor: It makes me think of having tea in a formal setting. Curator: Exactly! And the reflective surface almost becomes a little mirror, doesn’t it? I love how such a functional object can also be so…poetic. I wonder, what sort of conversations this jug might have witnessed at the breakfast table? Editor: That is a lovely way to put it! I didn't think of that.