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A butter stamp or butter print is a device for stamping or shaping a design onto a block of warm butter.

Butter stamps were sometimes commercial but usually purely decorative and applied in homes. They were typically made of wood and feature simple designs of cows, flowers or geometric patterns and, if commercial, the name of the retailer.

Often, they formed part of a box-like mould for forming the whole block. Other designs achieved the same effect by carving the design at the bottom of a butter mould. Part of the intent for commercial moulds and stamps was to demonstrate consistency in the quantity of butter sold.

References

1. "Butterprints". National Museum of Ireland. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
2. Allen, Darina (24 February 2010). "How to make butter". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
3. "Buttermaking". www.hiddenhistory.ie. Tipperary Museum of Hidden History. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
4. "Butter Mold". www.sdstate.edu. South Dakota State University. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
5. "At Home: 1850: Objects - Butter mold and butter stamp, 1800-1900". exhibits.museum.state.il.us. Retrieved 3 October 2024.

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