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Butter dish

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

ca. 1870

GUSN

GUSN-7847

Description

Buff-colored with overall green mineral glaze. Lily-pad leaf shape with faint veining. Circular foot ring.

Details

Descriptive Terms

butter dishes (serving dishes)
earthenware
glazing (coating)
molding (forming)
tin (metal)
water leaf (motif)
maiolica
Earthenware
Majolica
Lily Pad
Molded
Tin Glazed
DISH

Associated Building

Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

3.375 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan

Accession Number

1949.638.3

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