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Butter-dish and cover
Butter dish, hard-paste porcelain, shallow cylindrical form, domed cover with finial; decorated in the 'decor bois' style with the exterior sides of the dish and the top of the cover painted to resemble wooden boards and to either side of the dish two rectangular panes painted to resemble engravings tacked to the boards showing landscapes in black monochrome in oval frames, around the top of the dish and the rim of the cover are borders of blue and white ovals on a black band.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 36584
Creation/Production
Nymphenburg State Factory
Date: 1780-1790
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 11.2
diam
(cm): 11.2
Height
(in): 4
diam
(in): 4
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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