Butter Tub

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Butter Tub

Datec. 1755–1770

Made inEngland

MediumSalt-glazed stoneware

Dimensions3 9/16 × 4 7/8 × 3 11/16 in. (9 × 12.4 × 9.4 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Rowan

Object numberB.81.4.A,.B

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Bayou Bend Dining Room

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DescriptionGerman and Dutch potters introduced the technique of making salt-glazed stoneware to England in the seventeenth century. Durable and hygienic, salt-glazed stoneware gained great popularity in the eighteenth century, eventually surpassing that of delftware. While English potters made salt-glazed stoneware with various body colors and decorated it with colored slips and enamels, much was white with molded decoration and sometimes with elaborate piercings.
ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. Maurice Rowan, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, England; given to MFAH, 1981.

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