Two lidded butter dishes with saucers

attributed to anonymous, c. 1735 - c. 1755

Delft factories produced many small butter dishes, mostly in pairs. They vary in painted decorations, knobs and saucers. This model with vertical lugs was also made in the Meissen porcelain factory. The paintings in overglaze enamel – harbour views, figures and landscapes – are of high quality. The red and gold bars around the base resemble wooden slats or basketwork, as if the dishes are standing in little baskets.

  • Artwork typebutter dish
  • Object numberBK-15313-B
  • Physical characteristicsfaience veelkleurig beschilderd op het glazuur

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Two lidded butter dishes with saucers

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-15313-B

  • Description

    Botervloot (B-1) met deksel (B-2) op een onderschotel (B-3) veelkleurig beschilderd met een havengezicht. Langs de onderzijde drie banden omwikkeld door een bladslinger. De onderschotel, ovaal met geschulpte rand is versierd met een mediterraan landschap. Hieromheen losse bloemtakjes. Gemerkt V in onderglazuurblauw.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    mark: ‘V’

Creation

  • Creation

    plateelbakkerij: attributed to anonymous, Delft

  • Dating

    c. 1735 - c. 1755

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    faience veelkleurig beschilderd op het glazuur

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Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Gift of the heirs of J.F. Loudon, The Hague

  • Acquisition

    gift 1940

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection John Francis Loudon (1821-95), The Hague; his brother jonkheer James Loudon (1824-1900) and his sister-in-law jonkvrouw Louise Wilhelmine Françoise de Stuers (1835-1915), The Hague; their heirs; by whom donated with 510 other objects to the museum, but 13 objects kept in usufruct by the heirs, 1916; transferred to the museum, 1940{Provenance reconstructed in Van Dam 1992, pp. 232-239.}

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  • Two lidded butter dishes with saucers
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