Covered Butter Dishes
Covered Butter Dish Information
Covered Butter Dish – Extra Large
Measures 8-1/8″ length x 5-1/8′ wide x 2-7/8″ height including lid
Set Item Number: 1431
Bottom Item Number: 1430
Lid Item Number: 1429
Backstamp Style: Embossed
Introduced 2012
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Produced in the following colors – White, Black, Cobalt Blue, Turquoise, Sunflower, Plum, Shamrock, Tangerine, Scarlet, Peacock, Ivory, Lemongrass, Paprika, Marigold, Flamingo, Lapis, Poppy, Slate, Sage, Claret, Daffodil, Mulberry, Meadow, Butterscotch, Twilight, Peony, Jade, Sky
It was NOT produced in the following colors – Rose, Apricot, Yellow, Periwinkle Blue, Sea Mist Green, Lilac, Persimmon, Sapphire, Chartreuse, Pearl Gray, Juniper, Cinnabar, Heather, Evergreen, Chocolate.
- The extra-large base (left) is different in design from the smaller original version (right) as shown in the illustration to the left.
- The incised rings are very noticeable on the extra-large, where the small original version has none.
- The finial on the lids helps distinguish between the two sizes. The extra-large (left) is just that extra-large, so there is no real mistaking which size you have.
Covered Butter Dish – Small – No longer in production
Measures 7-1/8″ length x 4-3/8″ wide x 2-7/8″ height including lid
Set Item Number: 0494
Bottom Item Number: 0716
Lid Item Number: 0717
Backstamp Style: Incised – some with an embossed molder mark as shown below
Introduced 1992
Discontinued 2013
Produced in the following colors – White, Black, Rose, Apricot, Cobalt Blue, Yellow, Turquoise, Periwinkle Blue, Sea Mist Green, Lilac, Persimmon, Chartreuse, Pearl Gray, Juniper, Cinnabar, Sunflower, Plum, Shamrock, Tangerine, Scarlet, Peacock, Heather, Evergreen, Ivory, Chocolate, Lemongrass, Paprika, Marigold, Flamingo.
It was NOT produced in the following colors – Sapphire, Lapis and all colors produced after Lapis.
- Sapphire small covered butter dishes are known to exist. One sold at Strawser Auctions in March 2017 for $1000.00
- Another sold in March 2022 for $850.00.
(Photo courtesy of Strawser Auctions)
- You will find on most of the small bases, an embossed molders mark (like the “JƎ”), as shown in the illustration to the right.
- Some bases will be ink stamped, most will have incised stamps and others may not have a stamp at all. This does not change the value of the piece.
- Early versions of the small butter base (right) are straighter than the later versions (left) (approx. 1993) as illustrated to the left
- The illustration to the right is of an Amberstone covered butter dish. The Amberstone/Casualstone design has an underglaze decoration.
Amberstone/Casualstone – measures 7-1/2” long x 3-11/16” wide 2” height. (Casualstone not shown)
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