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Butter print
Sycamore butter print from Overton, north Wales. Flat butted handle. Motif of cow on grass by fence with leafed branch overhead within circle border of indented flanged decoration.
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.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
66.365.3
Measurements
Height
(mm): 120
diameter
(mm): 90
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