Title: Covered butter dish
Object type: Butter dish
Date: 1870–90
Culture: American
Artist:  Challinor, Taylor and Company 
Artist bio: 1866–1891
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Pressed purple marble glass
Dimensions: H. 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm); Diam. 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Emily Winthrop Miles, 1946
Geography: Made in Tarentum Pennsylvania  United States Mid-Atlantic     
Department: The American Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY