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Butter tub

About 1752–53
Object PlaceEngland
Medium/TechniqueSoft-paste porcelain, colored enamels
DimensionsOverall: 7 × 12.4 × 17.8 cm (2 3/4 × 4 7/8 × 7 in.)
Credit LineJessie and Sigmund Katz Collection
Accession number1988.1022
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
InscriptionsJames A. Lewis and Son, New York (dealers) circular gold label on underside. Gummed Katz collection label, "ca. 1750 / W-56"
ProvenanceBy 1973, Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz [see note 1]; 1988, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz. (Accession date: November 30, 1988)

NOTES:
[1] From June 25, 1973, on loan to the MFA from Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz.
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