Butter Dish
ca. 1840
William Forbes
baptized 1799, active New York, 1826–63
The American Wing
- Maker/Artist
- William Forbes
- Formatted Medium
- Silver
- Medium
- silver
- Locations
- Made in: New York, United States
- Dimensions
- Overall: 4 11/16 x 5 5/8 in. (11.9 x 14.3 cm); 15 oz. 15 dwt. (489.3 g) Body: H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); 6 oz. 9 dwt. (201.1 g) Cover: H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); 6 oz. (187.2 g) Insert: 3/4 x 5 1/8 in. (1.9 x 13 cm); 3 oz. 5 dwt. (101 g)
- Departments
- The American Wing
- Credit Line
- Gift of Guerdon Holden Nelson, Cyril Irwin Nelson, Nicholas Macy Nelson and Michael Underhill Nelson, in devoted memory of their grandmother, Elinor Irwin Holden, and their mother, Elise Macy Nelson, 1981
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