A Meriden Silver Plate Company butter pat takes the form of an artist’s palette and brushes. The date belongs to the object, not necessarily to the museum photograph.
Evidence, credit & reuse: Reproduced from the credited source. A resized source derivative is used for display; the original-resolution source remains linked. Hosted by Silent Grounds Collective. SHA-256 of uploaded source: 00e0241cee74b63b72d29a765dd8db2953affe81a61b6054d876aeafdc123d04.
Source: Made by Meriden Silver Plate Company; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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Silent Grounds Collective, Meriden Silver, SGC-MS-008, PHOTO-64302606, “An artist’s-palette butter pat.” Source: Made by Meriden Silver Plate Company; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Butter_Pat_(USA),_ca._1880_(CH_18650219).jpg. Research edition, accessed 2026-09-24.