Title: Covered Butter Dish
Object type: Butter dish
Date: 1849
Culture: American
Artist:  United States Pottery Company 
Artist bio: 1852–58
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Mottled brown earthenware
Dimensions: H. 5 in. (12.7 cm); Diam. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Stanley Herzman, 1984
Geography: Made in Bennington Vermont  United States New England     
Department: The American Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY