Dish, Butter

Object Name:

Dish, Butter

Object ID:

2017.014.027

Date:

circa 1880

Description:

Butter dish, silver. Owned by Alice Cilley Stone (1849-1934) of Dunbarton, NH, around the time of her marriage in 1881. Multi-part dish with rotating, domed lid. Sheffield plate silver.
A. Spherical body with round foot and short stem. Twin bird heads on one side form a knife holder. Domed lid is removable, covered in engraved scrollwork with Greek key bands around edges. Small lip around one half of edge. Knobbed rod attached to each side, set in brackets on each side. Small pins on chains for fixing lid closed; gravity holds it open. "58" engraved on underside of foot.
B. Round tray, with small holes in sun pattern in bottom. Straight sides with rounded lip at top.

Material:

Silver

Dimensions:

H-7 W-7.7 D-6.2 inches

Provenance:

Part of the Ethel Cilley Stone Collection, consisting of objects, documents, photographs, and memorabilia related to James Stone (1780-1874) and his wife Mary East Beard Stone (1791-1875) of Dunbarton; their son Captain Andrew J. Stone (1828-1864) of Dunbarton, California, etc.; Wesley Page Stone (1833-1916) and his wife Alice Patten Cilley (1849-1934) of Dunbarton; and their daughter, schoolteacher and family historian Ethel Cilley Stone (1884-1981) of Dunbarton and Goffstown.

The collection descended to Ethel Cilley Stone. After her death, the bulk of her estate passed to her minister, Rev. Graham T. Rowley (1932-2012) of Goffstown, then to his children, the donors.

Credit Line:

Gift of Daniel T. Rowley and Elizabeth A. Rowley

People:

Stone, Alice P. (1849-1934)

Subjects:

Silver services, Butter