Hot milk pot
ca. 1765–70
Medium
Silver, beechwood
Dimensions
Overall: 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
Classification
Metalwork-Silver
Culture
German, Bautzen (Saxony)
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, by exchange, 1997
Accession Number
1997.412.2
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Ernst Gottlob Borns · 1730–1782
Ernst Gottlob Borns (1730–1782) was a German silversmith based in Bautzen, Saxony, renowned for his elegant silver vessels and domestic objects produced during the mid-eighteenth century. Early life details remain sparsely recorded, with no documented information on his training or mentors. He established his workshop in Bautzen, a city east of Dresden, where he created pieces marked with his name...