Butter Dish

Artisan: Jane Graber
Date: 2017
Inscriptions: signed and dated ‘Graber 2017’ (on the underside)
Dimensions: 15 x 15 mm. / ⅝ x ⅝ inches (height x diameter)
Intended Room: Servants’ Hall
Inventory number: 2021.150
Category: Ceramics

Provenance: with Clover Dollhouse Miniatures, USA, from whom purchased by us via eBay in November 2021.

I can just imagine this little butter dish sitting on a tiled shelf in a cold-room. The thick stoneware will certainly keep the butter nice and cool. As ever with Jane’s works, it’s beautifully decorated, with an abstract spray pattern on the front and a pattern of concentric arches around the knob on the lid. It’s signed and dated ‘Graber 2017’ on the base.