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Butter-bowl
Butter bowl and cover, porcelain; circular base with straight sides, and two small scroll handles near lip; cover with slightly overhanging rim, slightly domed, with a twisted twig and leaf moulding as a finial; bowl painted all around with sides with cornflower sprigs in blue, green, and purple enamel, plain gilt band to lip and green enamel decoration on both handles; cover similarly painted with only green enamel used on the twig finial; gilt band to rim.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 33066
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 4.7
diam
(cm): 15.2
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 6
h(cm) cover:3.9
h(cm)
diam
(cm): 12.7
h(in) cover:5
h(in)
diam
(in): 1
h(cm) overall:8.3
h(cm)
h(in) overall:3 1/4
h(in)
Techniques
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
Location
Front Hall, North Balcony : Case A
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