Butter Dish
Decorative Arts and Design
These two silver dishes, made in New York a generation apart, were both designed to serve butter at the dining table in an upper-middle-class household. Although both have highly decorated surfaces, the Tiffany dish appears more modern to the contemporary eye. This is due to the narrative linear decoration and the simple, bold geometry of the silhouette, both inspired by the Aesthetic Movement of the 1870s and 1880s, which looked to the arts of Japan.
MEDIUM
Silver
DATES
ca. 1850
DIMENSIONS
4 3/4 x 5 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. (12.1 x 14.9 x 14.9 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
"Ball, Black & Co. N. York" [or their mark] "E & S" [man's head, lion passant & beehive]
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
32.472
CREDIT LINE
Gift of S. B. Luyster, Jr.
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Ball, Black & Company (American, 1851â1876). Butter Dish, ca. 1850. Silver, 4 3/4 x 5 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. (12.1 x 14.9 x 14.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of S. B. Luyster, Jr., 32.472. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 32.472_acetate_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 32.472_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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