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Sycamore butter print from Carreg Cennen, west 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.

Twin circular prints with central flat handle; large print has radial flower motif in grooved circle also one petal, leaf and heart motifs on either side with initial 'T' on left and 'M' on right. Small print has six pointed radial flower motif in zig-zag border. Back-to-back crescents on handle.