GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Due to its price and perishability, butter remained a luxury item used sparingly throughout the 19th century. As a result, manufacturers developed butter picks with which a host or servant would apportion pats of butter to guests. Shaped like a single blade of grass terminated by intertwined roots that function as handle and tines respectively, this pick reflects the influence of metalwork of Meiji period Japan, characterized by a fusion of naturalism and functionalism, as well as the innovation of designer George Shiebler.
Drawn from
- Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 128, 140-141, 339.
- Hannah Sigur, The Influence of Japanese Art on Design (Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 2008), 160.
NOTES
TMS Update - Geo XRefs - place of origin - JBA (10/26/2017)
I updated the title in TMS according to Decorative Arts and Design Title Formats.
I added the following as a TMS Text Entry: Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 338.
I updated Provenance, Exhibition History, and Published References in TMS.
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Until 1992: The V. Stephen Vaughan Collection, Chelsea, Massachusetts
From 1992: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from the above
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Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Nineteenth-Century American Silver.
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General Description
Due to its price and perishability, butter remained a luxury item used sparingly throughout the 19th century. As a result, manufacturers developed butter picks with which a host or servant would apportion pats of butter to guests. Shaped like a single blade of grass terminated by intertwined roots that function as handle and tines respectively, this pick reflects the influence of metalwork of Meiji period Japan, characterized by a fusion of naturalism and functionalism, as well as the innovation of designer George Shiebler.
Drawn from
- Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 128, 140-141, 339.
- Hannah Sigur, The Influence of Japanese Art on Design (Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 2008), 160.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
Notes
TMS Update - Geo XRefs - place of origin - JBA (10/26/2017)
I updated the title in TMS according to Decorative Arts and Design Title Formats.
I added the following as a TMS Text Entry: Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 338.
I updated Provenance, Exhibition History, and Published References in TMS.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1992: The V. Stephen Vaughan Collection, Chelsea, Massachusetts
From 1992: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from the above
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