Butter Dish or Cooler

Object Name: 
Butter Dish or Cooler

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Object Name: 
Butter Dish or Cooler
Place Made: 
Ireland
Accession Number: 
50.2.47
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 7.75 cm; Rim W: 13 cm, D: 19.3 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1815
Primary Description: 
Brilliant colorless lead glass; blown and cut. Oval with fan-cut handle-ends, prismatic cutting on sides, fine vertical prisms at rim with serrated edge, rayed base.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Steuben Glass, Inc., Source
1950-10-01
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
cutting
Material: 
lead glass