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Butter Dish

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1900-1940

GUSN

GUSN-63997

Description

White clay body with colorless glaze. Dome shaped cover with applied shaped and molded handle. Circular dish with wide flat rim canting to deep circular well with flange to receive cover. Both with decal-type borders of transfer printed decoration of naturalistically rendered roses and greenery.

Details

Descriptive Terms

butter dishes (serving dishes)
porcelain
transfer printing
floral patterns
rose (genus)
Dish, Serving
Dish, Butter
Porcelain
Rose
Transfer Printed
Dish, Butter

Associated Building

Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),

Maker

Hughes Fenton China (Maker)

Location of Origin

England, Staffordshire

Dimensions

3.75 x 7 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret Carson Holt

Accession Number

1970.760

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