Butter dish with lid

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DatesMade: Made first half of the 19th Century

Material / Technique

Inventory numberNMK 762/1885

AcqusitionGift 1885 the Swedish Society of Crafts and Design

Other titlesTitle (sv): Smörask med lock Title (en): Butter dish with lid

DescriptionDescription: Butter dishes were made in huge quantities at the Älvdalen porphyry works. The most common variety, such as this one, has facets on the outside, a model that was easier to make out of the extremely hard porphyry. Butter dishes were often made of stone, since this material helped keep the butter cold; unlike wood and ceramics, it did not absorb grease. This dish has a knob made of gilt bronze in the form of a parrot; pine cone knobs were more common.

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