Collection Highlights
Fire engine condenser case
1830-1840
1937.1631
Wood, paint, gilding
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Covered butter dish: lion
Object name
Covered butter dish: lion
Date
1880-1910
Medium
Glass, paint
Dimensions
Overall: 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 4 in. ( 11.4 x 14 x 10.2 cm )
Description
Opaque white pressed glass covered butter dish; flat cover with recumbent lion on top; lion's mouth, eyes, and nostrils painted red; rectangular ribbed dish with canted corners and sawtooth border.
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