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Butter print
Sycamore butter print from Llanilltern, south Wales.
Butter prints were used to stamp butter ready for the market. The craft of carving the prints was common to many countries, but canoe-shaped prints are unique to Wales. The most popular designs were hearts, geometrical shapes, and patterns of lines spreading out from the centre of a circle. From about 1850 to 1900, roses, strawberries, cows, acorns, and pineapples were fashionable designs.
Round butted handle; strawberry motif with leaves on stalks and a zig-zag ornamentation within wide ornate circular border.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
62.103.61
Acquisition
Bequest
Measurements
Height
(mm): 50
diameter
(mm): 65
Material
sycamore
Location
In store
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