Covered Butter Tub

Manufacturer Bow Porcelain Works (English, 1744 - 1776)

Datec.1755-1756

MediumPhosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels

DimensionsOverall: 6.4 × 12.5 × 8.2 cm (2 1/2 × 4 15/16 × 3 1/4 in.)

MarkingsFaint workman's mark

Descriptionof oval section, based on a Dutch Delft form derived from wooden staved tubs, cover with low scrolled finial, painted in colours with the ‘Two Quail’ pattern

Credit LineGift of William B.G. Humphries

Object numberG23.8.7a-b

Classifications

European Ceramics

Sub-classification

English Porcelain

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Status

Not on view

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