Butter Dish and Cover
ca. 1770 (made)
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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
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| 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. |
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| Credit line | Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq. |
| Production | Date given by John Howell in 1981 |
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| Bibliographic reference | Howell, J. Some notes on the introduction of polychrome decoration at Lowestoft. English Ceramic Circle Transactions. 1975, vol. 9, part 3. |
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| Accession number | C.988/&A-1924 |
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| Record created | June 15, 2009 |
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