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Butter Dish
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Raised, circular dish with removable, pierced liner on three, cast, looped and flowering branch feet enclosed by a repousse chased, double-domed cover topped by a cast reclining sheep. Cover is decorated with reserves of flowers, fruits and C scrolls separated by scallop shells in C scrolls and has a cast greek-key patterned band at bottom edge, while bowl has a continuous branch of pendant flowers and leaves with ruffled gadrooning at its wide, flared rim. Dish is struck incuse on the underside of its rounded bottom above and below centerpoint, "STANDARD" and "*P.L.K.*" in serif letters. Cover and liner not marked.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineButter Dish. 1851 - 1859. Washington, Mary Anne Hammond. National Museum of American History, Mrs. Ellen Washington Bellamy. CC0.
