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Butter print
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(maker)
Hand carved sycamore vesica, or canoe-shaped butter print, 1800s. 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.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
96.15
Creation/Production
Acquisition
Donation
Measurements
Length
(mm): 200
Width
(mm): 100
Material
Sycamore
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