Mold, Butter

Object Name:

Mold, Butter

Object ID:

2005.006.02

Date:

1880-1900

Description:

Soap or butter mold, three pieces, birch with brass screws, hooks, and screw eyes. All three pieces signed by Fred H. Chase of Hopkinton, NH.

A. Box, rectangular, no top and bottom, 4.85" x 2.85" x 1.7" high. Four pieces of wood, all beveled on outer surface so they taper inward from top to bottom. Long sides attached to end pieces with brass screws. Finger hold cut out on each end. Screw eye in center of top edge of each long side, to engage hooks of part B. One side signed in ink, "Fred H. Chase."

B. Wood block, rectangular, to fit on top of box A. 4.55" x 2.1" x 2.3" high. Ends beveled so that bottom is wider than top. Top 3.6" x 2.1". Bottom edges of ends are notched to fit on box A. Bottom surface is concave. Brass hook on each side to engage screw eyes on A. Signed in ink on top, "Fred H. Chase."

C. Wood block, rectangular, to fit inside box A. 4" x 2.1" x 1" high. All four sides beveled so that bottom is smaller than top. Bottom 3.75" x 1.85". Top surface has rectangular pattern of three parallel incised lines. Each long side has two parallel incised lines. Signed in ink on bottom, "Fred H. Chase."

Material:

Wood
Birch

Dimensions:

H-3.8 W-4.85 D-2.8 inches

Provenance:

Belonged to the Chase family of Dimond Hill Farm, Concord, NH. Fred H. Chase lived in Hopkinton, NH, in the 19th century. The Presby family owned Dimond Hill Farm for seven generations.

Credit Line:

Gift of Denise and Abbott Presby Jr.

People:

Chase, Fred W.