Collection Highlights
The Daughters of Heber Reginald Bishop (Elizabeth, Harriet, Mary, and Edith)
ca. 1895
1905.22
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Butter mold
Object name
Butter mold
Date
1862-1872
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 2 1/2 x 4 3/8 in. ( 6.4 x 11.1 cm )
Description
Aqua pressed glass butter mold; disk-shaped with flat-based handle protruding from one side; the other with intaglio design of a bound wheat sheaf between 2 leafy fronds; around the rim are 2 serrated bands.
Object Number
INV.4002
Marks
relief: along edge of disk: "1862"
Gallery Label
This butter mold is identical to one at the Winterthur Museum which has been attributed to M'Kee amd Brothers of Pittsburgh (see Publications). Butter molds were used by farm women to mold butter in one-pound cakes of cylindrical shape, about four inches in diameter.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
