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Butter dish

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1810-1830

GUSN

GUSN-39023

Description

Butter dish with underplate in orange Fitzhugh pattern. Oval with gilt bud finial painted gilt leaf.

Details

Descriptive Terms

butter tubs
gilding
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
painting (coating)
porcelain
floral patterns
flowers (plants)
Chinese export
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
Dish, Serving
Dish, Butter
Porcelain
Painted
Gilded
Fitzhugh
Chinese Export
Bud
Leaf
Dish, Butter

Additional Identification Number

1937.369A-C
1937.369A,B,C

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

China

Dimensions

3 x 5.5 x 4.5 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Miss Theodora Willard

Accession Number

1937.369.1AB-.2

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