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Butter print
Sycamore butter print from Pencarreg, 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.
Double-faced circular print with flat handle. Large print has 6-pointed flower radial motif in zig-zag border; on reverse side a 12-pointed flower radial in double circle. Handle has X in triangle near join with print, also 12-pointed flower radial in circle at butt end; inscription on back of handle MD 1817.
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