Butter Dish and Cover
Manufacturer: Challinor, Taylor and Company (American, 1883/1884-1891)
Manufacturer: United States Glass Company (American)
Date: 1884-1891
Dimensions:
H (with cover): 15.4 cm (6 1/16 in.); H (dish): 5.1 cm (2 in.); Rim Diam (dish): 18.7 cm (7 3/8 in.); Base Diam: 11.55 cm (4 9/16 in.); Rim Diam (cover): 14.3 cm (5 5/8 in.)
Medium: Opal lead glass.
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. E. M. Belknap
Object number: 1965.193A-B
DescriptionDish: pressed upright in a female mold of three vertical sections bearing Challinor's 313 Opal pattern (a tree-of-life pattern on two sections and a pattern of daisies on the third), with a base plate that formed the lower edge and underside of the base, with a cap ring that formed the upper edge of the rim and flower-patterned shoulder, by a male plunger bearing a chrysanthemum-like flower pattern for the bottom interior of the bowl. No fire-polishing. No pontil mark. Cover: pressed upside down in a female mold of three vertical sections bearing the same pattern as the bowl, in conjunction with a one-piece female mold that formed the top of the finial, with a cap ring that formed the lower edge and underside of the rim, by a plain male plunger. No fire-polishing. No pontil mark.
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