Plate, Butter
- Object Name:
- Plate, Butter
- Object ID:
- 1955.200 i
- Date:
- circa 1850
- Description:
- Butter Plate, Porcelain, Blue Floral .Circular dish with scalloped rim. Base ring present. Decoration includes a dark blue hand-painted band around rim which is edged in scalloped and scrolled gold bands. Within the blue band are three gold flowers. Below the blue band are three floral groupings, done in decal with yellow, orange, pink, blue and green colors. There are two marks on the bottom, both in red; a circle with a dot in the center and two lines attached to it and the second is two dots.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- H-0.55 W-3.9 inches
- Provenance:
- Given in memory of the donor's aunt, Ellen Cuthbert Roberts (1857-) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who according to typed statement from donor, "cared for them during her long life and then left them to me." This set was a wedding gift to Ellen Cuthbert Robert's parents, Ellen Chase (1831-1912) and Anthony Cuthbert Roberts (1826-1891) of Philadelphia, PA., who married in 1853. Ellen Cuthbert Roberts was unmarried, and resided with her parents until their death.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Alice Roberts Turner, in memory of Ellen Cuthbert Roberts
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