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Antique 19th Century Indian Kalighat Painting of Krishna Milking Cow
Antique 19th Century Indian Kalighat Painting of Krishna Milking Cow

Antique 19th Century Indian Kalighat Painting of Krishna Milking Cow

Located in New York, NY

Antique late 19th Century Indian Kalighat natural pigment watercolor painting of Krishna milking a cow under a Pipal tree. The cow is smiling at Krishna, with divine love.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Indian Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Paper

Mid 20th Century Oil - Maids A-Milking
Mid 20th Century Oil - Maids A-Milking

Mid 20th Century Oil - Maids A-Milking

Located in Corsham, GB

A charming study with illustrative-like qualities depicting two maids milking cows. Presented in a simple dark wood frame.

Category

20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Windsor Milking Stool
Windsor Milking Stool

Windsor Milking Stool

Located in Greenwich, CT

Originally used for perching on when milking cows, the small size allowing for easy carrying to the next cow.

Category

Antique 18th Century English Stools

Materials

Elm

19th C French Milk Stool
19th C French Milk Stool

19th C French Milk Stool

Located in Nijlen, BE

19th-century French milking stool in original condition. It was used for milking cows and sitting on it in the shortest direction.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Country Stools

Materials

Oak

Brutalist Primitive 19th century milking stool
Brutalist Primitive 19th century milking stool

Brutalist Primitive 19th century milking stool

Located in Vosselaar, BE

A mid 19th century Italian milking stool. So called as it resembles the lower stools used for milking cows.

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Brutalist Stools

Materials

Pine

Brown & Harrison's Southampton Brass Mounted Steel Milk / Fuel Bucket / Planter
Brown & Harrison's Southampton Brass Mounted Steel Milk / Fuel Bucket / Planter

Brown & Harrison's Southampton Brass Mounted Steel Milk / Fuel Bucket / Planter

Located in Germantown, MD

A vintage milk bucket, likely from Southampton, used for hand-milking cows.

Category

Early 20th Century Unknown Late Victorian Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots

Materials

Metal, Brass, Steel, Chrome

Pair of 18th Century French Walnut Milking Stools from Normandy
Pair of 18th Century French Walnut Milking Stools from Normandy

Pair of 18th Century French Walnut Milking Stools from Normandy

Located in Dallas, TX

The simple, sculptural form was designed specifically for comfort and balance while hand-milking cows, making these pieces a rare survival of early agricultural seating rather than l...

Category

Antique Late 18th Century French Country Stools

Materials

Walnut

Pair of rustic farm stools, 1960s
Pair of rustic farm stools, 1960s

Pair of rustic farm stools, 1960s

Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest

pair of elegant vintage rustic wooden farm stools, probably used to milk cows. these stools are very decorative; brutalist style and can be used as side tables, decor,.. 1960s - Be...

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Vintage 1960s Belgian Rustic Stools

Materials

Oak

"Landscape with Stream, " Centennial-Era Pastoral Oil Painting by Wilson, 1876
"Landscape with Stream, " Centennial-Era Pastoral Oil Painting by Wilson, 1876

"Landscape with Stream, " Centennial-Era Pastoral Oil Painting by Wilson, 1876

By John Howell Wilson

Located in Philadelphia, PA

The artist's palette is lovely -- fresh greens, blue-grays and reddish browns -- and he captures a group of milk cows in the stream, as well as a boy tending to them sitting on the b...

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Antique 1870s American Victorian Paintings

Early 19th C Provincial Georgian Milking Stool England Circa 1820
Early 19th C Provincial Georgian Milking Stool England Circa 1820

Early 19th C Provincial Georgian Milking Stool England Circa 1820

Located in Incline Village, NV

The stool was used to sit on while milking cows; the three legs giving more stability than four legs on what was probably an uneven floor, most often found in a cowshed or in the fie...

Category

Antique 1820s English Georgian Stools

Materials

Elm

Krogenæs, Pair of Three Legged Stool, "Fjøskrakk" Mod. 522, Pine, Norway, 1960s
Krogenæs, Pair of Three Legged Stool, "Fjøskrakk" Mod. 522, Pine, Norway, 1960s

Krogenæs, Pair of Three Legged Stool, "Fjøskrakk" Mod. 522, Pine, Norway, 1960s

Located in Hønefoss, 30

Milking stools were essential tools that helped milkmaids get down to the level of a cow's udders for easier milking.

Category

Mid-20th Century Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Stools

Materials

Pine

Pair of 17th Century Dutch Hand Carved Rustic Oval Shaped Stools
Pair of 17th Century Dutch Hand Carved Rustic Oval Shaped Stools

Pair of 17th Century Dutch Hand Carved Rustic Oval Shaped Stools

Located in North Miami, FL

Simultaneously, they played a crucial role in the daily lives of farmers, who used them for seated tasks such as milking cows. The durability and ergonomic design of these stools mad...

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Antique 17th Century Danish Stools

Materials

Wood, Oak

Cute Cow Milks into Bottle. Mid Century Illustration
Cute Cow Milks into Bottle. Mid Century Illustration

Cute Cow Milks into Bottle. Mid Century Illustration

By George Giusti

Located in Miami, FL

George Giusti is in the Art Directors Hall of Fame. George Giusti’s graphic designs and illustrations have graced the covers of Time, Fortune, Holiday. He collaborated with Herbert ...

Category

1950s Modern Animal Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Antique 19thC Staffordshire Porcelain Cow Milk Maid Spill Vase Creamer 10"
Antique 19thC Staffordshire Porcelain Cow Milk Maid Spill Vase Creamer 10"

Antique 19thC Staffordshire Porcelain Cow Milk Maid Spill Vase Creamer 10"

Located in Dayton, OH

Large antique 19th century Staffordshire porcelain flatback figural spill vase / creamer in the shape of a peasant girl / milkmaid in a floral skirt, leaning on a red and white spott...

Category

Antique 19th Century Victorian Pitchers

Materials

Porcelain

Antique 19thC Staffordshire Porcelain Cow Milk Maid Spill Vase Creamer 7"
Antique 19thC Staffordshire Porcelain Cow Milk Maid Spill Vase Creamer 7"

Antique 19thC Staffordshire Porcelain Cow Milk Maid Spill Vase Creamer 7"

Located in Dayton, OH

Antique 19th century Staffordshire porcelain flatback figural spill vase or creamer in the shape of a woman with grapes on her skirt standing next to a very happy brown and white cow...

Category

Antique 19th Century Victorian Pitchers

Materials

Porcelain

Early Victorian Oil Painting Cow Milking On A Riverbank with Church Beyond
Early Victorian Oil Painting Cow Milking On A Riverbank with Church Beyond

Early Victorian Oil Painting Cow Milking On A Riverbank with Church Beyond

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/School: 19th Century English School Title: Milking on a riverbank with church beyond Medium: oil on canvas, framed Size: 19 x 23 inches, plus elaborate gilt swept frame. ...

Category

19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Vintage Danish signed landscape oil painting with cow and woman with milk pail
Vintage Danish signed landscape oil painting with cow and woman with milk pail

Vintage Danish signed landscape oil painting with cow and woman with milk pail

Located in Ebberup, DK

This is a Danish original vintage oil on canvas landscape painting by Børge Ball (1906-1979). The motive is a cow in the field with a woman approaching with a milk pail.

Category

Mid-20th Century Danish Romantic Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

The white cow
The white cow

The white cow

By Julien Dupré

Located in Douglas, Isle of Man

Image of MILKING, 19th CENTURY 'The White Cow.' Etching ...

Category

Early 20th Century Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lozi Milk Jug
Lozi Milk Jug

Lozi Milk Jug

Located in Richmond, VA

Originally used to collect milk from cows. This particular jug comes with a rope handle.

Category

20th Century Zambian Tribal Art

Materials

Rope, Wood

Ethiopian Milk Vessel
Ethiopian Milk Vessel

Ethiopian Milk Vessel

Located in Chicago, IL

The Borana Oromo people of southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya are historically a cattle-keeping culture, and each household keeps a number of traditional vessels for storing and ch...

Category

Mid-20th Century Ethiopian Tribal Bottles

Materials

Other

Wedgwood Majolica Cow Cheese Keeper
Wedgwood Majolica Cow Cheese Keeper

Wedgwood Majolica Cow Cheese Keeper

By Wedgwood

Located in Chelmsford, Essex

Wedgwood Majolica cheese keep which features a country scene around the outside, depicting cows, farmers and a maid milking. The top features a cow finial.

Category

Antique 1870s Serving Pieces

Materials

Majolica

Staffordshire Pottery Cow Figure with Milkmaid
Staffordshire Pottery Cow Figure with Milkmaid

Staffordshire Pottery Cow Figure with Milkmaid

By Staffordshire

Located in Downingtown, PA

Standing—or rather, seated—beside the animal is a milkmaid, actively engaged in milking. She is dressed in a white jacket and skirt, topped with a yellow hat, and sits upon a small s...

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Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Animal Sculptures

Materials

Pottery

Brutalist Stool Authentic Milk Stool, Belgium 19th century.
Brutalist Stool Authentic Milk Stool, Belgium 19th century.

Brutalist Stool Authentic Milk Stool, Belgium 19th century.

Located in Antwerp, BE

Traditionally, the milkman went to milk the cow in a stable or in the meadow using a milk stool.

Category

Antique 1890s Belgian Brutalist Stools

Materials

Fruitwood

Antique 19th Century Staffordshire Porcelain Cow Shepherd Spill Vase 8"
Antique 19th Century Staffordshire Porcelain Cow Shepherd Spill Vase 8"

Antique 19th Century Staffordshire Porcelain Cow Shepherd Spill Vase 8"

Located in Dayton, OH

Antique 19th century Staffordshire porcelain flatback figural spill vase depicting a farmhouse scene with male figure recling against a tree with a red and white cow and milk bucket....

Category

Antique 19th Century Victorian Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Pair Antique 19th Century Three Legged Milking Stools Side Tables Plant Stands
Pair Antique 19th Century Three Legged Milking Stools Side Tables Plant Stands

Pair Antique 19th Century Three Legged Milking Stools Side Tables Plant Stands

Located in Sherborne, Dorset

Here are a lovely antique pair of three-legged milking stools from the Black Forest region of Germany, which were used by farmers for milking sheep and cows.

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Antique Late 19th Century German Rustic Side Tables

Materials

Ash, Pine

French Decorative Cast Iron Plate with Cow Calf and Farmer, 19th Century
French Decorative Cast Iron Plate with Cow Calf and Farmer, 19th Century

French Decorative Cast Iron Plate with Cow Calf and Farmer, 19th Century

Located in Labrit, Landes

This plaque was probably an award given on this occasion. There is a farmer milking a cow, who herself is licking her calf. Good condition Shipping: 3 / 49 / 32.5 cm 16 KG.  

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Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Prints

Materials

Iron

Sarreguemines Benjamin Rabier Childs Plate, Téter s’il vous plait
Sarreguemines Benjamin Rabier Childs Plate, Téter s’il vous plait

Sarreguemines Benjamin Rabier Childs Plate, Téter s’il vous plait

By Benjamin Rabier

Located in Philadelphia, PA

I’m in a real bind, and my nanny is busy! A child approaches a cow for milk while his nanny woos a gentleman in the distance.

Category

Early 20th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates

Materials

Earthenware

Mid-Century Modern Pair of Mocho Stools by Sergio Rodrigues, 1954
Mid-Century Modern Pair of Mocho Stools by Sergio Rodrigues, 1954

Mid-Century Modern Pair of Mocho Stools by Sergio Rodrigues, 1954

By Sergio Rodrigues

Located in New York, NY

As an interpretation of a rural artifact, the cow-milking stool, the Mocho stool synthesizes the simplicity of both functions: a piece that could be used as a seat and also as suppor...

Category

Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Stools

Materials

Leather, Rosewood

Rug of The Arrow Of Justice And The Milkmaid - No. 1564
Rug of The Arrow Of Justice And The Milkmaid - No. 1564

Rug of The Arrow Of Justice And The Milkmaid - No. 1564

Located in Paris, FR

In the middle of a herd of cows, he saw a simple and beautiful young girl busy milking the cows.

Category

Vintage 1940s Central Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool, Silk

Antique Victorian Staffordshire Flatback Figure
Antique Victorian Staffordshire Flatback Figure

Antique Victorian Staffordshire Flatback Figure

Located in Suffolk, GB

Antique Victorian Staffordshire flatback figure of a milkmaid in period dress leaning on her milk bucket next to a cow beneath a spill jar In nice condition, no chips, cracks or rep...

Category

Antique 19th Century English Victorian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

"Warm Evening"
"Warm Evening"

"Warm Evening"

By Kateryna Kostyk

Located in Zofingen, AG

A summer evening when time slows down and hearts are filled with peace. A grandmother milking a cow, giving her heart to a simple but so dear routine.

Category

2010s Photorealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Archival Paper

Goofy (Walt Disney Productions Cartoon Animator)
Goofy (Walt Disney Productions Cartoon Animator)

Goofy (Walt Disney Productions Cartoon Animator)

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Dick was doing farm chores at 5 years old, mostly feeding the animals and milking the cow. Every evening, he delivered milk to his last customer, a cousin named “Nellie,” whom Dick s...

Category

1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Gouache

Original Vintage Poster Animal Farming USSR National Care Agriculture Cattle Art
Original Vintage Poster Animal Farming USSR National Care Agriculture Cattle Art

Original Vintage Poster Animal Farming USSR National Care Agriculture Cattle Art

Located in London, GB

- featuring agriculture artwork depicting flowing images against a dark background showing cows being transported on a lorry and a milk tanker delivering milk, a lady taking car of a...

Category

Vintage 1960s Russian Posters

Materials

Paper

Original Vintage Poster sle Of Skye Illustrated Map Scotland Macleod Macdonald
Original Vintage Poster sle Of Skye Illustrated Map Scotland Macleod Macdonald

Original Vintage Poster sle Of Skye Illustrated Map Scotland Macleod Macdonald

Located in London, GB

Original vintage pictorial map poster for the Isle of Skye featuring detailed fun and colourful illustrations with a railway and route map on the islands and places marked on scrolls...

Category

Vintage 1960s British Posters

Materials

Paper

Dairy Maids by Cecil Aldin
Dairy Maids by Cecil Aldin

Dairy Maids by Cecil Aldin

By Cecil Aldin

Located in Oxfordshire, GB

A good single chromolithograph depicting a lady carrying a milk pail, milking stool, leading a cow from the field, a young girl is following holding the ladies skirt.

Category

Early 20th Century British Sporting Art Prints

Materials

Paper, Wood

A woman in jewels and a gossamer sari – Rajasthani School, 19th century
A woman in jewels and a gossamer sari – Rajasthani School, 19th century

A woman in jewels and a gossamer sari – Rajasthani School, 19th century

Located in Middletown, NY

Ghee is made from cow milk butter, which is treated with low heat until the water evaporates, leaving behind milk solids.

Category

19th Century Rajput Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gold

Early 19th Century German 13 Loth Silver Repoussé Landscape Box, Hanau, C. 1820
Early 19th Century German 13 Loth Silver Repoussé Landscape Box, Hanau, C. 1820

Early 19th Century German 13 Loth Silver Repoussé Landscape Box, Hanau, C. 1820

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

This charming example features richly detailed repoussé decoration depicting a pastoral landscape scene: a farmer milking a cow, another grazing beside her, and a cluster of gabled f...

Category

Antique 19th Century German Neoclassical Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Early Rural Scene by Charles Burki, 1940 – Dutch Farm Life Realist Gouache
Early Rural Scene by Charles Burki, 1940 – Dutch Farm Life Realist Gouache

Early Rural Scene by Charles Burki, 1940 – Dutch Farm Life Realist Gouache

Located in Langweer, NL

Executed in gouache in a refined monochrome palette, it depicts a vivid rural scene centered around a shirtless man seated before a table of medical instruments, surrounded by onlook...

Category

Vintage 1940s Dutch Drawings

Materials

Paper

Pair of Antique Bronze Fire Dogs
Pair of Antique Bronze Fire Dogs

Pair of Antique Bronze Fire Dogs

Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire

Dating to circa 1860 each one displays a bucolic scene of a farmer milking a horned cow underneath a tree. A bird perches in the crown of the tree, while a fruit garland flourishes, ...

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Antique Mid-19th Century European Baroque Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Antique Map of Du Nord ‘France’ by V. Levasseur, 1854
Antique Map of Du Nord ‘France’ by V. Levasseur, 1854

Antique Map of Du Nord ‘France’ by V. Levasseur, 1854

Located in Langweer, NL

This area is known for its production of Maroilles, a cow's milk cheese. This cheese is produced in rectangular blocks with a moist orange-red washed rind and a strong, distinct odor.

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Maps

Materials

Paper

1810 Hand-Coloured Engraving - Tatar Peasants of the Crimean Peninsula
1810 Hand-Coloured Engraving - Tatar Peasants of the Crimean Peninsula

1810 Hand-Coloured Engraving - Tatar Peasants of the Crimean Peninsula

Located in Langweer, NL

Nearby, a woman, dressed in traditional clothing, is shown milking a dairy cow, demonstrating the importance of livestock to the community's economy.

Category

Antique 1790s Prints

Materials

Paper

Antique Map of Maine et Loire ‘France’ by V. Levasseur, 1854
Antique Map of Maine et Loire ‘France’ by V. Levasseur, 1854

Antique Map of Maine et Loire ‘France’ by V. Levasseur, 1854

Located in Langweer, NL

It is also known for its production of Port-Salut, a distinctive, semi-soft cow’s milk cheese. This map originates from ‘Atlas National de la France Illustré’.

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Maps

Materials

Paper

Map of Cantal France with Aurillac, Volcanic Peaks and Rural Life, 19th Century
Map of Cantal France with Aurillac, Volcanic Peaks and Rural Life, 19th Century

Map of Cantal France with Aurillac, Volcanic Peaks and Rural Life, 19th Century

Located in Langweer, NL

The region is famous for Cantal cheese, one of France’s oldest and most traditional cow’s milk cheeses, aged in cellars dug into volcanic rock.

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Maps

Materials

Paper

ANTIQUE 1901 EDWARDIAN DATED STERLiNG SILVER MULLER & SON REPOUSSE TEA CADDY
ANTIQUE 1901 EDWARDIAN DATED STERLiNG SILVER MULLER & SON REPOUSSE TEA CADDY

ANTIQUE 1901 EDWARDIAN DATED STERLiNG SILVER MULLER & SON REPOUSSE TEA CADDY

By B. Muller & Son 1

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

Each panel depicts a different scene, you have a chap working on the shore pulling in a small fishing boat whilst two ladies sit under a tree, that’s on the front and back widest pan...

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Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Tea Caddies

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Map of Calais ‘France’ by V. Levasseur, 1854
Antique Map of Calais ‘France’ by V. Levasseur, 1854

Antique Map of Calais ‘France’ by V. Levasseur, 1854

By Victor Levasseur

Located in Langweer, NL

This area is known for producing Maroilles, a soft cheese made from cow’s milk and with a washed rind. The map is surrounded by elaborate decorative engravings designed to illustrate...

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Antique Mid-19th Century Maps

Materials

Paper

L'Isere, France. Antique map of French department, 1856

L'Isere, France. Antique map of French department, 1856

By Victor Levasseur

Located in Melbourne, Victoria

This area is known for its production of Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage, a mild cow's milk blue cheese, and Saint-Marcellin, a softer cheese.

Category

19th Century Naturalistic Landscape Prints

Materials

Engraving

Hand Colored Antique Map of the Department of Calais, France
Hand Colored Antique Map of the Department of Calais, France

Hand Colored Antique Map of the Department of Calais, France

By Victor Levasseur

Located in Langweer, NL

This area is known for producing Maroilles, a soft cheese made from cow’s milk and with a washed rind. The map proper is surrounded by elaborate decorative engravings designed to ill...

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Maps

Materials

Paper

Antique Map of Orne ‘France’ by V. Levasseur, 1854
Antique Map of Orne ‘France’ by V. Levasseur, 1854

Antique Map of Orne ‘France’ by V. Levasseur, 1854

By Victor Levasseur

Located in Langweer, NL

Camembert is a soft, creamy, surface-ripened cow's milk cheese, similar to Brie. The map is surrounded by elaborate decorative engravings designed to illustrate both the natural beau...

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Maps

Materials

Paper

Hand Colored Antique Map of the Department of Nord, France
Hand Colored Antique Map of the Department of Nord, France

Hand Colored Antique Map of the Department of Nord, France

By Victor Levasseur

Located in Langweer, NL

This area is known for its production of Maroilles, a cow's milk cheese. This cheese is produced in rectangular blocks with a moist orange-red washed rind and a strong, distinct odor.

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Maps

Materials

Paper

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Find many varieties of an authentic milk cow available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of ceramic, wood and metal, every milk cow was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer milk cow, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. A milk cow, designed in the Folk Art, Industrial or Victorian style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one milk cow that is appealing in its simplicity, but Louis Riché and Robert Thompson produced versions that are worth a look.

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Prices for a milk cow start at $95 and top out at $9,360 with the average selling for $1,370.