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Butterboat
Butter boat in soft-paste porcelain, the base with three moulded footpads forming a shallow trefoil shape, the handle square and surmounted with a stylised stalk, the boat is in the form of an asymmetric leaf; the interior is decorated with a a chinoiserie landscape with pagoda, trees and birds next to a river, the interior rim is painted with a simple border pattern of ovals with evenly spaced sunbursts and triangular pendants, and the handle with gradiated dots, all decoration is in underglaze blue.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 37481
Creation/Production
Derby, England
Date: 1775-1785
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 3.5
Length
(cm): 7.4
Width
(cm): 6
Height
(in): 1
Length
(in): 2
Width
(in): 2
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
moulded
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
Location
Gallery 11A : Case 02
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