Topic: Pressed Glass Butter Dish with integral under dish ID Please

[hashingbaby]

Can anyone ID this pressed glass dish butter dish with lid. I have searched the Sowerby catalogues but can't find it. No ID marks on it that I can find. Who made it and when? Any info much appreciated. Thanks

[agincourt17]

I can't see a match with any of the butters from Sowerby pattern book XI (1885), or with any of the Davidson covered butters from their catalogues of unregistered designs (1880-1890).

Fred.

[thewingedsphinx]

I recognised this piece so I went rummaging in dads cabinets, he has this covered butter as Sowerby no.1563 but I have not been unable to verify where that information come from.
Cheers Mike

[thewingedsphinx]

Sorry I meant to say I've been unable to verify that number doh! 

[agincourt17]

Your Dad is quite correct, Mike - Sowerby pattern 1563 it is. Well found.

I have re-checked Vol.3 of the Thistlewood Sowerby CD-ROM catalogue and the pattern 1563 covered butter is shown on page 6 of the 'Sowerby Glass in Pictures' thumbnails and as a photo example in the linked pic.

Page 7 of Pattern book XI (1885) also illustrates the butter in the far left of the bottom row but the pattern number is missing from that particular page in the Thistlewood CD-ROM. 

Hashinbaby, may I have your permission to add copies of your photos to the Sowerby Pattern Numbers section of the GMB Glass Queries Gallery for permanent reference, please.

Fred.

[agincourt17]

Actually, close scrutiny of the Thistlewood Sowerby CD-ROM pics shows handles that differ slightly to those in the photos of the opening post, which is possibly what threw me in the first place.

The CD-ROM pics show the handle on the lid and the handles on the dish body having an almost semi-circular basic shape with a single indent ( much like a ' 3 ' rotated 90 degrees anticlockwise) whereas hashingbaby's pics show handles with more angular 'corners' and an extra couple of 'bumps'. I think the other details of the shape and decoration make it unlikely to be anything other than the Sowerby 1563 dish (perhaps a later or slightly modified pressing?).

Fred.

[hashingbaby]

Thank you Mike and Fred for helping me ID this butter dish. Yes, you have my permission to add photos to the Sowerby Pattern Number Section. Happy to help. sally