A POPLAR CHIP-CARVED BUTTER PRINT

Details

A POPLAR CHIP-CARVED BUTTER PRINT
LITITZ, LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, WITH INITIALS S.E.G, DATED 1833

Ovoid, with pine cone and foliate decoration, the reverse marked S.E.G/1833--2in. high, 3 1/3 in. wide, 4 1/8in. long

Provenance

Acquired at Public Sale in Litiz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Literature

Richard Flanders Smith, "Collectible Butter Prints," Colonial Homes, September-October 1980, Vol. 6, No. 5, p. 81, fig. 8

Kindig, p. 93, fig. 119a

Lot Essay

According to tradition, this butter print is said to have belonged to Sarah Gruff of Lititz, Pennsylvania (Kindig, p.93). A Sarah Groff is listed in 1830 Pennsylvania Cencus as living in Earl Township, Lancaster County