- Museum number
- S192A
S192B
S192C - Object
- Butter dish and cover, William Hughes, Dublin, silver, glass liner, about 1780
- Description
- S192.1 dish. S192.2 cover. Oval, pierced with diaper patterns and with an upper and lower frieze of filiate motifs, at either side a raised loop handle; engraved later with Holburne crest. The domed cover pierced. Ribbon festooned with Tassie medallions, surmounted by a reclining cow forming finial. Blue glass liner. Star cut base.
- Materials
- Silver
- Inscription
- Maker's mark: WH, a crown above, for WILLIAM HUGHES.
- On display?
- No
Further description
- Simple name
- Silver
Silver
glass - Dimensions
- regular: 16.8cm (d)
Butter dish and cover
William Hughes (active 1767–1784)
Silver, glass liner, Dublin, about 1780
S192
Breakfast in the eighteenth century was usually quite simple. Tea, coffee or hot chocolate might be accompanied by rolls, bread, cakes and eggs. In Bath, hot Sally Lunn buns and sweet Bath buns topped with caraway comfits were served at public breakfasts.
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