Butter Dish with Cover in Loui XV Pattern

Object Name: 
Butter Dish with Cover in Loui XV Pattern

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Object Name: 
Butter Dish with Cover in Loui XV Pattern
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, PA, Indiana
Accession Number: 
65.4.38
Dimensions: 
H (with cover): 6 1/8", D (rim): 7 11/16"
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1898-1910
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Herbert Evans
Primary Description: 
Opaque yellowish white non-lead glass; pressed; gilt trim. (a) Half-spherical lid, pressed with pattern of scrolls and flowers on side and scroll knob; knob and flowers on side gilded. (b) Base is circular with depression in center for butter; scroll like pattern on flat rim; irregular edge and four scroll feet are gilded.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Louis XV
Provenance: 
Evans, Mrs. Herbert, Source
Color: 
yellowish white
Technique: 
pressing
gilding
Material: 
pressing

Publications (2)

Glass Tableware, Bowls and Vases (1982) #230; BIB# 22048
American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, #1256, p. 324; BIB# 30457