Covered Butter Tub and Stand

Staffordshire, England

About 1750

  • Titles Covered Butter Tub and Stand (Descriptive)
  • Artist Staffordshire, England
  • Medium salt-glazed stoneware
  • Dimensions covered tub: 3 3/4 × 4 7/8 × 4 1/8 in. (9.5 × 12.4 × 10.5 cm) stand: 5/8 × 6 1/2 × 5 3/8 in. (1.6 × 16.5 × 13.7 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Catherine H. Collins Collection, AFI.168.1998a-c
  • Work Type butter tub with cover and stand
  • Classification Containers

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