A FRENCH SILVER-GILT HOT-MILK JUG

A FRENCH SILVER-GILT HOT-MILK JUG
MARK OF JEAN-NICHOLAS BOULANGER, PARIS, 1789
Vase shaped on three foliage-capped claw feet, the shoulder engraved with scrolling matted foliage below a stiff leaf band, with bird and foliage spout, the hinged cover with fruiting finial, with an ebonised handle, marked under base, at rim, inside cover and on edge of cover
7¼ in. (18.2 cm.) high
gross weight 11 oz. (356 gr.)