Collections: Decorative Arts: Butter Dish and Lid

• Download
• Add to set
• Favorite
• Posse icon
• Share
• Print

Butter Dish and Lid

• Culture: American
• Medium: Glass
• Place Manufactured: USA
• Dates: 1892
• Dimensions: 4 5/8 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (11.7 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm)
• Collections: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
• Accession Number: 40.235a-b
• Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription
• Image: Overall, 40.235_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
American. Butter Dish and Lid, 1892. Glass, 4 5/8 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (11.7 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription, 40.235a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.235_acetate_bw.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: Colorless pressed glass butter dish (a) with domed lid (b). (a) Dish is round bowl rising to a square rim decorated with a hatched pattern and, in each corner, a frosted coin molded into underside. Coins are replicas of U.S. silver dollar from 1892, alternating heads (with profile bust of Columbia/Liberty) and tails (eagle). In center of bowl, frosted silver dollar "tail" molded into underside. (b) Round domed lid fits inside bowl's rim. Lid sectioned into a lower and upper band, and each band is divided into six matching registers; each register in lower band contains a frosted, molded replica of U.S. half dollar coin from 1892, alternating heads (seated Columbia/Liberty figure) and tails (eagles). Lid surmounted by round, knob-like finial, on top frosted "head" of silver dollar. CONDITION: Good; small chips around edges, all over dirt.