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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Butter Pot

ca. 1650-1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Butter-pot of red earthenware, partly covered with a brown glaze inside. Of irregular oval section, with straight sides and two small horizontal loop handles.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware
Brief description
Red earthenware butter pot, Burslem, ca. 1650-1700
Physical description
Butter-pot of red earthenware, partly covered with a brown glaze inside. Of irregular oval section, with straight sides and two small horizontal loop handles.
Gallery label
Butter pot Made in Burslem, Staffordshire, about 1650-1700 Earthenware 2043-1901 Jermyn Street Collection (formerly Enoch Wood Collection)(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Formerly Enoch Wood Collection.
Collection
Accession number
2043-1901

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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