Colonial Choices
butter dish
ROODLIE VALENTIN


I chose this object because my aunt has one and I like the different patterns. This object does not really tell me anything. I think it was used to pass butter around at a dinner table. Wealthy people owned this like silversmiths or rich people, colonial Americans. They may have not thrown this out but I think they kept them in big fancy shelves with others.


Object Title: butter dish
Creator Name: Benjamin J.
Nationality/Culture: United States
Date: 1770 CE - 1810 CE
Dimensions: 9 ½ x 7 x 7 in.
Materials: silver-plated with a ceramic insert
Museum: The New Jersey Historical Society
drawing of butter dish

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