About the Artwork
Butter Dish
between 1765 and 1780
Royal Worcester
founded 1751
English
Unknown
Soft-paste porcelain with lead glaze
Overall: 4 × 6 7/16 inches (10.2 × 16.4 cm)
Ceramics
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold L. Frank
1991.1031.2
Public Domain
Markings
Marked: [hatched crescent in underglaze blue.]
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Harold L. Frank (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA);1992-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Royal Worcester, Butter Dish, between 1765 and 1780, soft-paste porcelain with lead glaze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold L. Frank, 1991.1031.2.
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