Butter Boat

1783-93 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Butter boat of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Wavy outline with a scroll handle. The base is moulded in relief with low gadroons. Painted with sprays of flowers in pink, green, red and lilac. The edge is reddish-brown.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded
Brief description
Butter boat of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Caughley porcelain factory, probably enamelled at Chamberlain's factory, Worcester, ca. 1783-93
Physical description
Butter boat of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Wavy outline with a scroll handle. The base is moulded in relief with low gadroons. Painted with sprays of flowers in pink, green, red and lilac. The edge is reddish-brown.
Dimensions
  • Length: 8.6cm
  • Width: 5.1cm
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
For this pattern and an attribution of the enamelling to Chamberlain's works, see Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Caughley in Colour, exhibition catalogue, 2005, cat. 65-66
Collection
Accession number
C.952-1924

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Record createdJune 11, 2009
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