Butter Boat
ca. 1775 (made)
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Butter boat of soft-paste porcelain. Leaf-shaped with rectangular handle. Decorated with three trefoils in relief on the base. Painted in underglaze blue with a Chinese landscape on the inside.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain with relief and underglaze blue decoration |
| Brief description | Butter boat, leaf-shaped, soft-paste porcelain with relief and underglaze blue decoration, made by Lowestoft porcelain factory, England, ca. 1775 |
| Physical description | Butter boat of soft-paste porcelain. Leaf-shaped with rectangular handle. Decorated with three trefoils in relief on the base. Painted in underglaze blue with a Chinese landscape on the inside. |
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| Credit line | Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq. |
| Production | Date given by John Howell in 1984 |
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| Accession number | C.524-1924 |
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| Record created | May 7, 2009 |
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