Vintage Butter Mold/Press


Item Number: 120

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Value: $65

Online Close: Oct 5, 2020 6:00 AM PDT

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Description

Add a bit of farmhouse decor with this authentic and charming old butter mold.


Vintage/Antique  "Butter Press" from Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Antique primitive wood butter mold with pattern.


These primitive antique wood butter molds were the basic workhorses of the buttery, used to press butter into one pound blocks. This plunger type rectangular mold was made entirely from wood held together on all corners by nails.


The butter was pressed into the box then chilled. The plunger was used to push the butter out of the mold. A great old butter mold for your farmhouse or primitive decor.


 

Special Instructions

Shipping not included


 Size: 5 1/4" x 3"   The plunger stands 7" tall. 


Not from the museum collection


 

Donated by

John & Sue Ann Irving