Name/Title
Lead crystal butter dish with lidof Helena Ames Forsythe, c 1900Entry/Object ID
2011.1.2Description
ACC. NO. 11.1.2
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOUSEHOLD
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1900
OBJECT: DISH, BUTTER
DESCRIPTION: AN AMERICAN LEAD CRYSTAL BUTTER DISH CONSISTING OF INDENTED CIRCULAR PLATE WITH REMOVABLE DOME-SHAPED LID. LID HAS A DECORATIVE KNOB-STYLE HANDLE. DISH AND DOME ARE CUT GLASS IN A SUNRAY BURST DESIGN. THE CUT GLASS APPEARS TO BE UNSIGNED.
SIZE: DISH: 7-1/2" DIAMETER; DOME: 9" HEIGHT
HISTORY OF OBJECT: AN AMERICAN BRILLIANT CUT PERIOD GLASS BUTTER DISH THAT BELONGED TO THE LATE HELENA AMES FORSYTHE.
DONORS: IN MEMORY OF THE AMES AND FORSYTHE FAMILIES.
CATALOGED: JANUARY 8, 2011
