Butter Dish
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Union Porcelain Works (1863–ca. 1922). Butter Dish, ca. 1880. Porcelain, 5/8 x 3 1/8 x 2 1/4 in. (1.6 x 7.9 x 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Franklin Chace, 68.87.12. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Manufacturer
Title
Butter Dish
Date
ca. 1880
Geography
Place manufactured: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Medium
Porcelain
Classification
Dimensions
5/8 x 3 1/8 x 2 1/4 in. (1.6 x 7.9 x 5.7 cm)
Signatures
no signature
Inscriptions
no inscriptions
Markings
On underside: transfer-printed in yellow, "[within urn] UNION / PORCELAIN / WORKS / GREENPOINT / N.Y." and below urn "10 '85"; transfer-printed in green, "U.P.W." above head of an eagle
Credit Line
Gift of Franklin Chace
Accession Number
68.87.12
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