A Derby blue and white leaf shaped asparagus butter-boat supported on three feet, painted to the interior with an Oriental hut on an island among birds and flowers below a geometric border (firing fault to rim), circa 1765 -- 2 5/8in. long
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A Derby blue and white leaf shaped asparagus butter-boat supported on three feet, painted to the interior with an Oriental hut on an island among birds and flowers below a geometric border (firing fault to rim), circa 1765 -- 2 5/8in. long
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Cf. Ceramics of Derbyshire 1750-1975 by H.G. Bradley No.187 for a similar example