Covered dish (butter dish)
Covered dish (butter dish)
Covered dish (butter dish)
Covered dish (butter dish)
Covered dish (butter dish)
Covered dish (butter dish)
Covered dish (butter dish)
Covered dish (butter dish)

On view

South Asian Art

Covered dish (butter dish),

1751–83

Royal Worcester, established 1751, United Kingdom
y851 a-b

Information

Title
Covered dish (butter dish)
Dates

1751–83

Medium
Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
10 x 10.7 x 12 cm (3 15/16 x 4 3/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Trumbull-Prime Collection
Object Number
y851 a-b
Place Made

Europe, England, Worcester

Marks/Labels/Seals
Mark on base: C
Culture
British
Type
ceramics, earthenware, butter dishes
Materials
earthenware
Subject
plant-derived motifs, allover patterns, running ornament, fruit, butterflies, willow trees

Mary Hollister Prime (née Trumbull) (1827-1872) and William Cowper Prime, Class of 1843 (1825-1905); 1890 gift to Princeton University Art Museum.

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