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Butter Dish

Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1900-1950

GUSN

GUSN-64025

Description

Miniature butter dish form. Molded and blown or shaped high circular domed cover of colorless glass, with faint ribbing at sides; knop finial. Silver colored stainless steel under plate. Circular with scalloped and ribbed “petal-form” rim with circular well with flange to receive cover. Marked with symbol on the bottom. .

Details

Descriptive Terms

miniatures (toys)
butter dishes (serving dishes)
glass (material)
blow molding
steel (alloy)
Dish, Serving
Dish, Butter
Glass
Steel
Blown
Dish, Butter

Associated Building

Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2.75 x 2.625 x 3.5 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret Carson Holt

Accession Number

1970.774

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