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Butter Pat

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1910-1940

GUSN

GUSN-4343

Description

Circular plate form with shallow well; white clay body with underglaze blue transfer print design; "Kenilworth Pattern" scene with cathedral in background and for figures at the foot of a tree in the foreground; foot ring.

Details

Descriptive Terms

butter chips
earthenware
vitrification
transfer printing
underglazing
Earthenware
Semi-Vitrified
Transfer Printed
Underglazed
Kenilworth
PLATE, BUTTER

Inscription

Printed company and pattern mark on bottom.

Pattern

Kenilworth

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Maker

Alertons Ltd. (Maker)

Location of Origin

Longton, England

Dimensions

3.25 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.641.1

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