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View Full size image	Title: Hen in Basket Container Identifier: 1999.3.1 Donor: Margaret Day Item Date: c. 1910 Image Creator: Museums of Mississuaga Creation Date: 2005 Location: Benares Historic House
Conditions of Use: See Terms of Use & Privacy Statement. Description: A white milk glass container with lid. The lid is hen-shaped with feathers and feature detail. The base is basket shaped. The top of the base has a rope-like edge. The middle of the base has a harlequin weave. The bottom of the base has a typical weave pattern. Milk glass is a term used by glass makers to describe an opaque white glass. The German term is 'milch-glass', the Italian term is 'lattimo', and the French term is 'blanc-de-lait' or 'verre-de-lait'. Milk glass was first developed in Venice in the 14th or 15th Century. The white opaque colour was made by adding in tin oxide. In the 17th and 18th Century it was very popular to decorate this glass with enamel paint During the 19th and 20th century, a great deal of pressed opaque white glass was made. This inexpensive glassware was also known by names such as Vitro-Porcelain or Porcelain Glass. This is the kind of white glass that is usually collected by milk glass collectors. Manufacturers often made other colours in the same patterns, especially blue, which have been classified as milk glass as well, but are not the colour of milk. This makes it confusing and hard for the researcher looking for information concerning 'real' milk glass. Copyright: Museums of Mississuga Rights & Permissions: Museums of Mississuga Related Links:    Museums of Mississauga Home Page    Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN)