The winning project, Milkmaid, is a quart size glass milk jug that can sense when your milk will go bad.

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Vermeer's "Milkmaid" (c. 1660) is not shown beside an earthenware jug, nor is Rembrandt's "The Jewish Bride" (1667) hung beneath a wedding canopy.

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The beauty of Quirky is that now it is up to the market to determine pricing and whether Milkmaid will actually make it in the market.

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His father was a carpenter and his mum a milkmaid.

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Made from every manner of material--from ivory and brass to animal teeth and mother-of-pearl--tampers come in a wonderful variety of motifs, including a horse's hind leg, a bust of Oliver Cromwell, a milkmaid and, yes, a human finger.

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Blackberry's four cheeses--Singing Brook, Violet, Trefoil and Blackberry Blue--are made by cheesemaker Kristian Holbrook and his assistants, who the day I visited included a fresh-faced young woman named Heidi, lacking only a dirndl and a yen to yodel to pass for a Swiss milkmaid.

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