On view
Milk Pan
Artist: Justin Campbell (active Utica, New York, 1823-1829)
Date: 1825-1829
Medium: Stoneware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 5/8 × 11 1/2in. (14.3 × 29.2cm)
Markings: Impressed: "J. CAMPBELL / UTICA"
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Object number: 85.52.4
Label Text
Wide, 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.
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