Butter keeper, flow blue china

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Butter dish, flow blue china
Butter dish, flow blue china
Title
Butter dish, flow blue china
Creation Date
1914 – 1916
Materials

Dimensions

4" H x 7.5" W x 8" L

Maker's Mark
Green backstamp: The Imperial England W.H. Grindley & Co. with laurel wreath. blue Lotus only. May have a number stamped into the china. Lid has no markings.
Description

Two parts of what was originally a three-piece butter keeper.  

Plate with handles:  7.5" wide, 8" at handles. Part of what once was a 3-piece butter keeper.   Blue and white lotus pattern with gold accents. Late Victorian flow blue glaze. green backstamp: The Imperial England W.H. Grindley & Co. with laurel wreath. blue Lotus only. May have a number stamped into the china. 

Lid: 5.75" diameter, 2" tall at sides, 4" to top of handle.  Blue and white lotus pattern with gold accents. Late Victorian flow blue glaze. No backstamp. 

Wedding anniversary china of Susie May Smith Bradbury 1914-1915


Related People and Organizations
Bradbury, Susie Mae (Smith)

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