Butter Dish

Description:

Consists of a two-handled, wide-rimmed, circular bowl or dish on straight tapered foot ring with butter knife holder attached to body, a domed cover topped by a cast finial, and a removable, crosslet-pierced liner inside. Bottom edge of cover and foot ring have matching die-stamped bands featuring rectangular panels of flowers. Dish is struck incuse on underside of its flat bottom with circular mark for "SIMPSON, HALL, MILLER & CO / +" encircling "TREBLE / PLATE" at center; "38" stamped above. Cover and liner are not marked. No butter knife.

Date Made: 1866 - 1899ca 1880

Maker: Simpson, Hall, Miller, and Co.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Connecticut, Wallingford

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Food, Domestic Furnishings

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Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fielding Pope Meigs, Jr.

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.67.0729Catalog Number: 67.0729Accession Number: 248268

Object Name: dish, butter

Physical Description: silver plate (overall material)Measurements: overall: 6 3/8 in x 9 1/4 in x 7 1/8 in; 16.1925 cm x 23.495 cm x 18.0975 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-1aa1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_300949

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