Milk port
A milk port (or milk pot , also in Middle German: Milchhäfele ) is a mostly flat vessel resembling a milk jug , which is mainly used to store milk and is rarely used in most households .
The milk harbor, which was mostly painted in pastel colors, was mainly made of ceramic or thick earthenware and glazed inside. It is still made in the pottery today . The classic milk ports have a handle and a spout .
Because of the thick stoneware, the milk is kept cool longer. Before the introduction of refrigerators, the milk port was therefore one of the most important containers for storing milk. However, very little milk can be stored in a milk port; larger amounts were tended to be poured into milk cans and kept cool in a fountain trough with running water .
The milk port was also mentioned in an earlier proverb : "In the evening, ravens and wolves look for the kaibs, mosquitoes for the milk port and monks, what pleases them "