Butter Dish Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama

THF801464 / Butter Dish Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama

Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Butter dish (Serving dish)

Creators

Meneses Orfebres

Place of Creation

Spain, Madrid

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2023.50.187

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Silver (Metal)
Metal

Color

Silver (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 4.5 in (Dish base)
Width: 7.75 in (Dish base)
Length: 1 in (Dish base)
Height: 3.25 in (Dish Lid)
Width: 6.75 in (Dish Lid)
Length: 2.5 in (Dish Lid)

Inscriptions

bottom center: [MMC maker mark]

Keywords	United States, Alabama, Selma Butter dishes (Serving dishes) Serving dishes Dishes (Object genre) Eating Butter Jackson, Sullivan M., 1921-2004 Jackson, Richie Jean Sherrod, 1932-2013 Jackson, Jawana V.

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