A CARVED POPLAR TWO-PIECE BUTTER MOLD

Details
A CARVED POPLAR TWO-PIECE BUTTER MOLD
PENNSYLVANIA, CIRCA 1800

Carved in two parts with a four arm pinwheel surrounded by a punctuated border--2 7/8in. high, 8 7/8in. wide, 9 1/8in. long
Provenance
Eric Gunnion Antiques, November 3, 1989
Henry J. Kauffman
Literature
Smith, p. 8, fig. 4
Smith, Colonial Homes, p. 78, fig. 2

Lot Essay

The butter mold is a device employed for measuring the butter intended for market, and shaping it into three dimensions while the butter print was used to impress designs onto pre-measured amounts, thus decorating it or for identifying the maker at market.