Pierced domed Victorian silver butter dish

Pierced domed Victorian silver butter dish

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Excellent round, late-Victorian, sterling silver butter dish featuring a domed and pierced lid surmounted by a finely detailed cast model of a reclining cow. The base is a similarly crisply pierced frame fitted with ring handles and cast cow-head mounts. The rim features an applied bead mount around the base and an egg & dart mount around the rim. The butter dish frame is mounted on four cast scroll and claw pattern supports.

A removable round frosted glass liner holds the butter and can be kept in the fridge until serving.

Dimensions:

Height 115 mm / 4 34"
Diameter 185 mm / 7 "
Year

1888

Place

Birmingham

Condition

Excellent

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