Butter Dish
Manufacturer
Unknown
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1880
MediumPressed glass
DimensionsOverall: 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Overall, Rim: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Base: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Overall, Rim: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Base: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Margaret Roper Moss
Object number66.75.101A
Not on view
DescriptionButter dish of pressed glass. Opal (clam broth). Bowl has two round handles exactly like those on a swan mustard jar. Frieze on both sides of bowl depicting two swans swimming. Good, crack in one handle.Published ReferencesR.W. Lee, EARLY AMERICAN PRESSED GLASS, pg. 626, pl. 127, fig. 3.
Unknown
early 18th century
Parent/Child
Part/Part