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Butter plate

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1885 -

GUSN

GUSN-18424

Description

Porcelain butter plate; orange w/ hand-painted pussy willow decoration; square w/ scalloped corners; brown and white pussy willows.

Details

Descriptive Terms

butter dishes (serving dishes)
glazing (coating)
painting (coating)
porcelain
tin (metal)
willow (wood)
Porcelain
Painted
Tin Glazed
Pussy willow
PLATE, BUTTER

Inscription

Painted on bottom: ""J. Tucker/ 1885""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Tucker, Jane Armstrong, 1866-1964 (Painter)

Location of Origin

Wiscasset, ME, USA; England

Dimensions

2.875 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.460

Places

Maine (United States)
Possibly

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