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Butter-dish
Butter dish, hard-paste porcelain, flat, cylindrical shape, flat base, two small rectangular, vertical spurs on eitherside, each with a pierced hole (imitating shape of milk pales, with the functional use of secruring the cover), slightly domed, cirular cover with spherical finial, two incuts to accomodate spurs; decorated on sides with two relief line borders and in underglaze blue with the immortelle pattern to sides, cover and finial.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 33092
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 4
diam
(cm): 7.6
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 3
Height
(cm): 2.2
diam
(cm): 7.4
Height
(in): 7
diam
(in): 2
Height
(cm): 5.1
Height
(in): 2
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
pierced
decoration
Applied Art
underglaze blue
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
Location
Front Hall, North Balcony : Case D
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