Description: First World War period (post-1917) Staffordshire (Stoke-on-Trent) manufactured earthenware butter dish decorated with laurel border, Royal crest and propaganda slogans relating to the vital need for food economy on the wartime home front.
Alternative name: PRO. AMDigital Reference: EPH 9430. Earthenware;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'.
