Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1955.001.004ab |
Object Name |
Mold, Butter |
Title |
Rectangular Butter Print |
Lexicon category |
4: T&E For Materials |
Year Range from |
1876 |
Year Range to |
1900 |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Unknown |
Description |
Rectangular, wooden butter print. It has a carved design of three motifs inside double margin lines at intersect at the corners. No maker's identification is on the butter print. |
Provenance |
Maker and provenance unknown. This item last belonged to Silas Edwards of Owen Sound, Grey County. |
Collection |
Food Processing Tools & Equipment |
Material |
Wood |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Edwards, Silas |
Subjects |
Butter Butter making Carving |
Function |
A simple device used to form freshly-made butter into a block of butter (butter brick). It also decorated the top surface of the butter. This often helped identify the butter's maker, if the butter was sold at market. |