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An Unusual 19th Century Staffordshire Cow Head Cheese Dish
Gill Coe Antiques & Interiors
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An Unusual 19th Century Staffordshire Cow Head Cheese Dish

19th century
Description

An unusual Victorian Staffordshire cow head cheese or butter dish. There is a central handle and an under plate. It is in good condition with some missing paint on the ears which is age related. It measures 25.5 in length and 21.5 in width.

Physical Dimensions
Width
21.5cm (8.46")
Depth
25.5cm (10.04")
Declaration

Gill Coe Antiques & Interiors has dated this Staffordshire Cow Cheese Dish to the Victorian era.

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SA1228990
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EJX
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Description
An unusual Victorian Staffordshire cow head cheese or butter dish. There is a central handle and an under plate. It is in good condition with some missing paint on the ears which is age related. It measures 25.5 in length and 21.5 in width.
Width
21.5cm (8.46")
Depth
25.5cm (10.04")
Date of Manufacture

Gill Coe Antiques & Interiors has dated this Staffordshire Cow Cheese Dish to the Victorian era.

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SA1228990
Dealers Internal Ref
EJX
Gill Coe Antiques & Interiors
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An antique 19th-century glazed cream ceramic cheese dish shaped like a cow head with yellow horns resting on an oval base.
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Archive I An antique 19th-century glazed cream ceramic cheese dish shaped like a cow head with yellow horns resting on an oval base.

An Unusual 19th Century Staffordshire Cow Head Cheese dish

Archive II An antique 19th-century glazed cream ceramic cheese dish shaped like a cow head with yellow horns resting on an oval base. View II
Archive III An antique 19th-century glazed cream ceramic cheese dish shaped like a cow head with yellow horns resting on an oval base. View III
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Gill Coe Antiques & Interiors

Gill Coe Antiques & Interiors
Telephone 07860 158 955
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Surrey
United Kingdom
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Verified Since Jul 2012
Items For Sale 45
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Gill Coe Antiques & Interiors
Gill Coe Antiques & Interiors
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Location: Dorking, Surrey, United Kingdom
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An antique 19th-century glazed cream ceramic cheese dish shaped like a cow head with yellow horns resting on an oval base.
An Unusual 19th Century Staffordshire Cow Head Cheese dish
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An antique 19th-century glazed cream ceramic cheese dish shaped like a cow head with yellow horns resting on an oval base.
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A Victorian Staffordshire cheese dish is a specialised ceramic vessel, typically comprising a fitted decorative lid and base plate, produced in the Staffordshire potteries during the 19th century. These items frequently featured figurative or novelty designs, such as animals or rustic buildings, serving as both functional tableware and visual centrepieces.

Traditional 19th-century cheese keepers were crafted from earthenware or stoneware, finished with lead or tin glazes and hand-applied coloured slips or enamels. The heavy ceramic material helped to maintain a cooler temperature for food preservation prior to domestic refrigeration.

Authentic Victorian pieces often display characteristic glaze crazing, unglazed kiln support marks on the underside, and subtle irregularities from hand painting. The ceramic base usually reveals porous cream or buff earthenware, sometimes accompanied by impressed registration marks or hand-painted factory numbers.

A figurative ceramic cheese dish functions well as a focal accent on a kitchen island, dining sideboard, or open dresser shelf within traditional or eclectic interiors. It can also be displayed on a console table as an intriguing sculptural object.

Clean antique glazed earthenware by hand using warm water and a mild detergent, avoiding harsh abrasives that could wear down the surface glaze. Do not submerge porous unglazed foot rims in standing water or clean these historic items in modern dishwashers.
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