Covered Butter Dish

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Object Name:

Covered Butter Dish

Department

American

Maker(s)

Wilson, Joseph, Cutter

Place Made:

United States

Date:

about 1900

Color

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colorless

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    - colorless (ref)

Technique

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glassblowing

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applied decoration

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  - applied decoration (ref)

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cutting

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  - cutting (ref)

Material

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glass

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Dimensions:

Overall H: 14.8 cm, Diam (max): 19.8 cm

Accession Number:

2010.4.57

Credit Line:

Gift of Elizabeth Kinzer Johnson and Barbara Kinzer Tobin, granddaughters of Ione Wilson Kinzer

Location:

Not on Display

Description

Colorless glass; blown, applied, cut. (a) Shallow butter dish with scalloped edges and elaborate cut design on exterior. (b) Dome cover with matching elaborate cut design; applied spherical facet-cut finial.

Provenance

Johnson, Beth, Source

2010-08-08

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