Covered Butter Dish

Object Name: 
Covered Butter Dish

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Object Name: 
Covered Butter Dish
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
74.4.20
Dimensions: 
H(with cover): 13.5 cm, D: 16.2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1885-1895
Credit Line: 
Gift of Ruth Iams Roth
Primary Description: 
Colorless, non-lead glass; pressed in the "Bryce" pattern. Spherical shape; with double bands of ribbon candy-like loops around bowl and cover.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Ribbon Candy or Bryce
Provenance: 
Roth, Ruth Iams, Source
1974-01-01
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressing

Publications (2)

Glass Tableware, Bowls and Vases (1982) pl. 235; BIB# 22048
American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 275, #1088; BIB# 30457