- Object name(s):
- tray; butter tray; tray
- Brief description:
- A piece of ‘motto ware’, this butter dish from the Aller Vale pottery in South Devon was made for the Minehead tourist market. The inscription was scratched through white slip to show the words: ‘Fresh from the Dairy’, celebrating food that the Westcountry was famous for. This object is not on display. Inscription centre incised Fresh from the / Dairy / Minehead
- Collection:
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- Associated concept:
- Eating and Drinking
- Current location:
- Not on display
- Dimension:
- whole height 72 mm
- Dimension:
- whole width 133 mm
- Dimension:
- whole length 136 mm
- Material:
- earthenware
- Object name:
- tray; butter tray; tray
- Object number:
- 48/1978/106
- Object production date:
- 1905 to 1915
- Date - period:
- Edwardian (1901-1914)
- Object production person:
- Aller Vale Pottery (pottery)
- Object production place:
- Newton Abbot
- Object production place:
- S. Devon
- Object production place:
- United Kingdom: England
- Object production place:
- Northern Europe
- Object production place:
- Europe
- Reproduction number:
- 48-1978-106.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Decorative Art
- Responsible department/section:
- British ceramics
- Right type:
- In copyright
- Technique:
- interior painting yachts on a calm sea
- Use title:
- Food: beyond the plate. Exhibition 2025
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b56f8f91-4485-31b3-8da6-00e135a59143
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b56f8f91-4485-31b3-8da6-00e135a59143, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, CC 0
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