butter dish or muffin plate or not?

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Posted 3 years ago

AuntRose
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Bought as butter and cover. Doesn't have ridge for cover to fit into. Is it just a plate and a butter cover? Or the real thing?

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TallCakes, 3 years ago
looks to be a dome and a plate (maybe salad plate); hard to say without sizes. you can compare sizes notes at "R"

https://www.replacements.com/china-shelley-harebell-oleander/c/93662
keramikos, 3 years ago
AuntRose, Wow, TallCakes sure nailed that beautiful pattern. :-)

Unfortunately, he's probably also right that you have the covered butter dish lid, but a plate substituted for the under piece.

Replacements doesn't give any dimensions for the covered butter, either in the Harebells pattern, or the Bridal Rose pattern (which is also the Oleander shape):

https://www.replacements.com/china-shelley-harebell-oleander-round-covered-butter/p/109943701

https://www.replacements.com/china-shelley-bridal-rose-oleander-shape-round-covered-butter/p/47459131

However, this eBay listing gives dimensions:

*snip*

SHELLEY HAREBELL OLEANDER SHAPE ROUND COVERED BUTTER DISH
8'' DIAMETER X 3.5''

*snip*

https://www.ebay.com/itm/124726128961

You can see not only that the under piece does have a 'lip' to contain the cover, but that it's really more of a dish than a plate.

So yes, somebody probably substituted a plate for a broken dish.

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