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Butter Dish

Richards and Hartley Flint Glass Co.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Clear glass butter dish with a domed lid. The dish has a wide, rounded body with a short stem and a flat base. The body and lid are covered in rows of small, raised bubbles. The lid is domed with a small knob on top. The knob is spherical with horizontal ridges. The base of the dish is flat and slightly rounded at the edges. The background is a solid dark gray color. The dish sits on a lighter gray surface.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1888
Medium:
Pressed colorless and opalescent glass
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
501 × 625 px
Museum record:
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