Butter Cooler
1863-1864 (manufactured)
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Butter coolers or dishes kept butter cool and protected in summer but soft and clean for winter use. Some had a compartment to hold the cooling ice or cold water. Butter coolers or dishes were used to serve butter at the table.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, raised and pierced with cast feet and finial |
| Brief description | Silver with glass liner, made by William Gough, English (Birmingham), 1863-4. |
| Physical description | Silver butter cooler with glass liner: pierced oval base standing on four feet, two ring handles are attached at either side by a cow's head. The cover is a pierced dome surmounted by a recumbant cow. |
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| Credit line | Given by Barbara Streimer. |
| Object history | This gift was accepted as an interesting juxtoposition to a more stylistically adventurous electroplate butter cooler by the same maker which the Museum already owned. |
| Production | Reason For Production: Retail |
| Summary | Butter coolers or dishes kept butter cool and protected in summer but soft and clean for winter use. Some had a compartment to hold the cooling ice or cold water. Butter coolers or dishes were used to serve butter at the table. |
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| Accession number | M.24:3-2002 |
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| Record created | February 14, 2003 |
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