| Accession # |
44.32.8a-b |
|
Maker |
Canton Glass Company
|
| Title |
Butter Dish with Lid, "Jumbo" pattern |
| Date |
ca. 1882 |
| Medium |
Glass |
| Dimensions |
7 1/4 x 7 7/8 x 5 5/8 in. (18.4 x 20 x 14.3 cm) |
| Credit Line |
Gift of Mrs. Edwin P. Maynard |
| Location |
Visible Storage: Case 21, Shelf E (Pressed Glass)
|
| Description |
Colorless pressed glass butter dish (a) and fitted lid (b), "Jumbo" pattern. Round dish has flat bottom and two ringed handles; a male face (dramatic mask?) attached on underside end of each handle. Dish supported by a molded conical pedestal with a band of fluting around upper part of pedestal. The lid rises to a flat dome, then a second tier of a cylindrical fluted knob atop which stands a frosted elephant finial.
Condition: good |
