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Ceramics, Room 145

Butter Dish and Cover

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Butter dish and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated in imitation of Japanese Imari porcelain with an irregular panelled design of dragons, prunus-blossom, and chrysanthemum badges and diaper in colours and gold.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Dish
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Butter dish and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1770.
Physical description
Butter dish and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated in imitation of Japanese Imari porcelain with an irregular panelled design of dragons, prunus-blossom, and chrysanthemum badges and diaper in colours and gold.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.3cm
  • Width: 11.4cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Ayres, John, et al. Porcelain for Palaces: The Fashion for Japan in Europe, 1650-1750. London : Oriental Ceramics Society, 1990. 292 p.
Collection
Accession number
C.418&A-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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