Butter Boat
ca. 1785-1790 (made)
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Butter boat with a scroll handle and of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue and enamels. Cylindrical in shape, slightly widening at the top and widely fluted, and with foliage moulded in relief at the base, coloured green and pink. Painted with bouquets and sprays of flowers in pink, yellow, red and green. Blue scalloped border outside, and a red scalloped line border inside.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue and enamels, and moulded |
| Brief description | Cylindrical butter boat with a scroll handle and of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue and enamels, Liverpool, ca. 1785-90 |
| Physical description | Butter boat with a scroll handle and of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue and enamels. Cylindrical in shape, slightly widening at the top and widely fluted, and with foliage moulded in relief at the base, coloured green and pink. Painted with bouquets and sprays of flowers in pink, yellow, red and green. Blue scalloped border outside, and a red scalloped line border inside. |
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| Credit line | Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq. |
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| Accession number | C.1228-1924 |
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| Record created | June 9, 2009 |
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