Porcelain butter plate; orange w/ hand-painted pussy willow decoration; square w/ scalloped corners; brown and white pussy willows.
butter dishes (serving dishes)
glazing (coating)
painting (coating)
porcelain
tin (metal)
willow (wood)
Porcelain
Painted
Tin Glazed
Pussy willow
PLATE, BUTTER
Painted on bottom: ""J. Tucker/ 1885""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Tucker, Jane Armstrong, 1866-1964 (Painter)
Wiscasset, ME, USA; England
2.875 (W) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.460
Maine (United States)
Possibly
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