Butter Dish
date: label: date made
content: 1866 - 1899
label: date made
content: ca 1880
name: label: maker
content: Simpson, Hall, Miller, and Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Consists of a two-handled, wide-rimmed, circular bowl or dish on straight tapered foot ring with butter knife holder attached to body, a domed cover topped by a cast finial, and a removable, crosslet-pierced liner inside. Bottom edge of cover and foot ring have matching die-stamped bands featuring rectangular panels of flowers. Dish is struck incuse on underside of its flat bottom with circular mark for "SIMPSON, HALL, MILLER & CO / +" encircling "TREBLE / PLATE" at center; "38" stamped above. Cover and liner are not marked. No butter knife.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Wallingford
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Food
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fielding Pope Meigs, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.67.0729
label: catalog number
content: 67.0729
label: accession number
content: 248268
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dish, butter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/8 in x 9 1/4 in x 7 1/8 in; 16.1925 cm x 23.495 cm x 18.0975 cm