Butter Dish & Cover

Name/Title

Butter Dish & Cover

Description

Clear, glass butter dish and cover. Cover is dome shaped, with vertical herringbone ribs and a design of large inset irises. On the top of the dome there is a ribbed triangular cone shaped knob. The butter dish has a flayed and elongated rim, that is ribbed and decorated with irises. The sides of the bowl are also ribbed and decorated with flowers. The base of the dish bowl is decorated with a star pattern.

Made/Created

Date made

1928 - 1932

Place

* Untyped Place

Jeannette, Pennsylvania

Notes

Pressed glass (or pattern glass) is a form of glass made by pressing molten glass into a mold using a plunger or a machine. Usually mold lines are quite visibly present on these lower quality pieces

Dimensions

Height

11.43 cm

Dimension Description

Dish

Height

3.18 cm

Diameter

14.61 cm

Dimension Description

Inner Rim

Diameter

9.53 cm

Material

Glass

Color

Clear

Location

* Untyped Location

Constellation Case

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Shipwreck

Constellation

Island

Bermuda

* Untyped Place

Atlantic Ocean

General Notes

Note Type

Historical Note

Note

Iris & Herringbone pattern made by Jeannette Glass Company.