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Treen Butter Mold

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Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1800-1899

GUSN

GUSN-59793

Description

Circular wooden butter mold with a baluster and ring handle and an eagle with a shield pattern.

Details

Descriptive Terms

butter molds
cookware
carving (processes)
wood (plant material)
Shaper, Food
Mold, Food
Mold, Butter
Mold, Butter

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

3 1/4 (H), 3 7/8 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.3306

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