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Covered Butter Dish

Richards and Hartley Flint Glass Co.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Clear glass butter dish with a lid. The dish has a wide base with a short stem and a scalloped edge. The body of the dish is covered in rows of small bubbles. The lid is domed and also covered in small bubbles, with a small finial on top. The finial is round with a leaf-like design. The background is a plain wall. The dish sits on a surface with a shadow cast to the right.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1888
Medium:
Pressed yellow glass
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
516 × 624 px
Museum record:
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