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Butter-tub and cover
Butter tub and cover, soft-paste porcelain, the cylindrical tub with a dark buff, earthy translucency, the cover with a red, earthy translucency; slightly domed cover with a pine cone finial surrounded by applied acanthus leaf moulding; freely painted in polychrome enamels with a frieze of garden flowers.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31445
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
h(cm) overall:7.5
h(cm)
diam
(cm): 11.4
h(in) overall:2 15/16
h(in)
diam
(in): 4
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
moulded
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
Location
Currently on loan
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