Title: Butter Dish
Object type: Butter Dish
Date: ca. 1840
Culture: American
Artist:  William Forbes 
Artist bio: baptized 1799, active New York, 1826–63
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: Overall: 4 11/16 x 5 5/8 in. (11.9 x 14.3 cm); 15 oz. 15 dwt. (489.3 g)
Body: H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); 6 oz. 9 dwt. (201.1 g)
Cover: H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); 6 oz. (187.2 g)
Insert: 3/4 x 5 1/8 in. (1.9 x 13 cm); 3 oz. 5 dwt. (101 g)
Credit line: Gift of Guerdon Holden Nelson, Cyril Irwin Nelson, Nicholas Macy Nelson and Michael Underhill Nelson, in devoted memory of their grandmother, Elinor Irwin Holden, and their mother, Elise Macy Nelson, 1981
Geography: Made in New York New York  United States Mid-Atlantic     
Department: The American Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY