Butter Cooler on Stand

Creator William Gale & Son

Accession number 50.119A-D

Unique identifier MNY131792

Description Circular butter cooler with loose cover surmounted by circular urn finial, loose pierced strainer plate inside, on circular three-footed stand. Cover, cooler, and stand are engraved with guilloche bands and edged with applied silver rope twist molding and with silver rope twist molding loop handles and feet. Inscription: Engraved on cooler and stand, in script: CB. Engraved on cooler, in script: A. K. R. / 1911. Engraved on base, in script: Belonged to her Grandmother / Cornelia Brady. Mark: Marked on underside of cooler and stand: Wm Gale & Son / New-York / [William Gale & Son trademark].

Dated 1856

Object Type butter cooler

Physical dimensions H: 1 in. DIAM: 6 7/8 in. Butter Cooler WEIGHT: 11 3/4 oz. Stand WEIGHT: 5.45 oz.

Medium silver (metal)

File dimensions 18.3 in × 18.3 in at 300dpi
46.5 cm × 46.5 cm at 300dpi

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