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Sycamore butter print carved by Ivor Lewis, Gwynfe, west Wales, 1905. Butter prints were used to stamp butter ready for the market and the craft of carving the prints was common to many countries. 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.