Pair of silver butter tubs each resting on four ball and claw feet with beaded legs that terminate in leafy motifs, the bodies boat-shaped with beaded rims interspersed with leafy elements, the body also with a vertical band of beading on each side extending from the rim to the underside, with two U-shaped handles decorated likewise with leafy elements, one side of each butter tub engraved with two crests: a demi-lion rampant to left and a lion’s head above a ducal crown with a banner below with the motto SOL ET SCUTUM DEUS.

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Pair of Butter Tubs

William Holmes, London, England

1767-1768

Titles Pair of Butter Tubs (Descriptive)
Artist William Holmes, British, active 2nd half 18th century, died 1805
Medium silver
Dimensions .1 - 3 5/8 × 8 × 4 1/2 in. (9.2 × 20.3 × 11.4 cm) .2 - 3 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 4 1/2 in. (8.9 × 21 × 11.4 cm)
Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Catherine H. Collins Collection, AFI.439.1998.1-.2
Work Type butter tubs
Classification Containers