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flat handle, rounded at butt with hole in butt end; print has 6-pointed joined double leaf radial

Hazel butter print from Cribyn, 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.