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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Toy Covered Butter Dish
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Toy Covered Butter Dish

Manufacturer Gillinder & Sons (American, 1867 - 1930)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1876
MediumPressed glass
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph Kirkpatrick in memory of his sister
Object number83.338
Not on view
DescriptionToy butter dish and cover. Pressed colorless glass. In the Lion pattern. Round with lion head on cover finial. Mint condition, looks like never used for play. See rest of set, 83.337 creamer & 83.336 sugar.

Published ReferencesR.W. Lee, EARLY AMERICAN PRESSED GLASS, pp. 286-294.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gillinder & Sons
ca. 1876
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gillinder & Sons
ca. 1876
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gillinder & Sons
ca. 1876
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gillinder & Sons
ca. 1880
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gillinder & Sons
ca. 1880
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gillinder & Sons
ca. 1876
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gillinder & Sons
ca. 1876-1886
Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2006.
Gillinder & Sons
ca.1876
Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2006.
Gillinder & Sons
ca.1876
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gillinder & Sons
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gillinder & Sons
ca. 1880
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gillinder & Sons
ca. 1876