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Description: | First World War period (post-1917) Staffordshire (Stoke-on-Trent) manufactured butter dish decorated with propaganda slogans relating to the vital need for food economy on the wartime home front.
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earthenware dish (with decorative laurel border and Royal crest) bearing the inscription: 'SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM / THE RT HON D. LLOYD GEORGE / PRIME MINISTER / "I HAVE NO HESITATION IN SAYING / THAT ECONOMY IN THE CONSUMPTION / & USE OF FOOD IN THIS COUNTRY / IS A MATTER OF THE GREATEST POSSIBLE / IMPORTANCE TO THE EMPIRE / AT THE PRESENT TIME"' (And on base): 'THE WAR TIME BUTTER DISH / FOR / A FAMILY OF TEN'. / MADE BY / THE GIRLS OF STAFFORDSHIRE / DURING THE WINTER OF 1917 / WHEN THE "BOYS" WERE IN THE / TRENCHES FIGHTING FOR / LIBERTY AND / CIVILIZATION'
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Original Image | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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