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Culture:Chinese
Title:butter tub
Date Made:ca. 1775
Type:Food Service
Materials:ceramic: hard paste porcelain, overglaze polychrome enamels, gilding
Place Made:China
Measurements:overall: tub - 2 7/8 in x 4 7/8 in x 3 7/8 in; 7.3025 cm x 12.3825 cm x 9.8425 cm; stand - 13/16 in x 6 in x 4 3/4 in
Accession Number:  HD 53.P.09.1
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Butter tub part of a butter tub and stand set. Chinese export porcelain butter tub and stand decorated in blue, pink, green, brown, orange, and gilding with a man and woman embrasing in an wooded area with a cherub (Cupid?) flying overhead holding a torch and stringing floral wreathes The scene is based on an engraving by N. Le Mire, after an illustration done by Charles Eisen (1720-1778) for "Zelis au Bain," a poem by Alexandre-Frederic-Jacques Masson de Pezay (1741-1777), published in 1763. This decoration is also found without the cherub.

Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); polychrome; Porcelain

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