It appears it is not only the makers of butter dishes who can't be bothered any more. After posting about my suspicion that there is less and less thought given to ensuring things are made as beautiful as possible nowadays, I saw this:
I am not going to argue that even older British pillar-boxes are the most beautiful things ever made, but I do believe there was a bit more decorative grace on display in those made in an earlier era. If you search on Instagram, you will find many examples. There is also this nice blogpost, which shows you a George VIII (v rare) pillar-box in Gibraltar:
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