Mold, Butter

Object Name:

Mold, Butter

Object ID:

1967.047.49

Date:

1860

Description:

Butter mold, two pieces. A. Wood and brass mold. Light tan wood. Fine-grained hardwood. Rectangular wood plate 0.3" thick. Supported on two rectangular legs, 4.1" long, 0.8" wide, 0.6" high. Three flathead brass wood screws for each leg, holding them to the plate. Screws in carved-out recesses. Four bas-relief carved fruits in top of plate. Upper left corner, pineapple depiction. Next to it, a depressed oval section with short tendrils, either fruit or blossom, with three elongated leaves at one end. Two parallel recessed lines dividing molds across center in both directions. Single recessed line on outside on all four sides. B. Wood and brass mold frame. Tan fine-grained hardwood. When assembled, frame roughly rectangular. Two L-shaped sections with horizontal groove 0.6" above bottom edge. Corners have overlapping finger joints. Brass pin holding one of them in place and a metallic pin holding other one together at corner. These two pieces meet at open dado joint. A round-head brass screw extends from end of one piece, fits into slot on mating piece. This is at opposite corners. To hold in place, pivoting, heavy brass hooks that fasten over screw in protruding screw shafts. Before halves joined, mold plate inserted into horizontal grooves.

Material:

Wood
Metal
Brass

Dimensions:

H-0.89 L-5.3 D-4.4 inches Weight-4.3 oz

Provenance:

Part of collection of Rock and Millen families of Lebanon, NH.

Credit Line:

Gift of Ethel Rock Millen