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Butter Pat (USA)
This is a Butter pat. It was made by Simpson, Hall, Miller, & Co.. It is dated ca. 1880 and we acquired it in 1995. Its medium is gilt silver-plated metal. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
These butter pats show how Japonism influenced even the most everyday wares.
It is credited Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
- Katagami, Fans and Flowers on Trellis
- cut mulberry paper treated with persimmon tannin and silk thread.
- Gift of Helen Snyder.
- 1976-103-122
- Chrysanthemum Butter Knives
- silver.
- Gift of Anonymous Donor.
- 1957-61-49-a,b
- Butter Dish With Fork (USA)
- chrome-plated metal, bakelite.
- Gift of Mel Byars.
- 1991-59-132-a/d
Our curators have highlighted 1 object that are related to this one.
- Iroquois Casual Butter Dish And Lid
- glazed, molded porcelain.
- Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Paul F. Walter Collection.
- 1999-42-32-a,b
Its dimensions are
L x W: 9.5 x 7.4 cm (3 3/4 x 2 15/16 in.)
It has the following markings
On base: "SIMPSON, HALL, MILLER & CO." in circle around "QUADRUPLE" over "PLATE"
It is inscribed
Engraved "FO" script
Cite this object as
Butter Pat (USA); Made by Simpson, Hall, Miller, & Co. ; gilt silver-plated metal; L x W: 9.5 x 7.4 cm (3 3/4 x 2 15/16 in.); Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund; 1995-148-4
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Passion for the Exotic: Japonism.
