SILVER PLATED BUTTER DISH. SHERLOCK HOLMES THE SILVER EARRING WALKTHROUGH. ROSE STERLING SILVER FLATWARE
Silver Plated Butter Dish
Describing something that has a thin coating of the metal silver applied to it
(Silver-plating) The electrolytic deposition of silver
(Silver Plating) A technique which uses electrolysis to coat a base metal product with a thin layer of fine silver.
A butter dish is a specialized dish in which butter is served. It would normally have a base with a separate fitting lid with its own handle. A typical measurement is 8 inches by 5 inches. Butter dishes are commonly made of stainless steel, silver or porcelain.
a small dish (often with a cover) for holding butter at the table
Butter dish, salt and pepper
... all in silver plated ware from the days when they were produced for EAR&H (East African Railways and Harbours).
Now a bit battered, but still elegant in their shape and so historical.
A damask cotton table cloth had meanwhile been laid.
E145 SOLD & E146 Green Depression Glass butter dishes
E145 1930s Green Depression Glass butter dish with lid ($80)
155mm x 90mm
and
E146 1930s Green Depression Glass 1 lb butter dish (no lid) A/F ($25)
Comment: E 146 has chip to inner rim.
This Australian dish would have had a silver plate lid.