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Butter Dish and Cover

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

Oval butter dish and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with butterflies in panels surrounded by flowers and foliage in relief in pink, green 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
Oval butter dish and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Lowestoft porcelain factory, Lowestoft, ca. 1770.
Physical description
Oval butter dish and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with butterflies in panels surrounded by flowers and foliage in relief in pink, green and gold.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.6cm
  • Width: 12.1cm
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Production
Date given by John Howell in 1981
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Howell, J. Some notes on the introduction of polychrome decoration at Lowestoft. English Ceramic Circle Transactions. 1975, vol. 9, part 3.
Collection
Accession number
C.988/&A-1924

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Record createdJune 15, 2009
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