Butter mold

Description:	Early butter molds were shaped like paddles with a decorative carving and used to imprint the design on a mound of butter. Box-like butter molds decorated the top surface as well as the sides. Butter molds and stamps decorated the butter before being served at home or sold at the market. Most molds were made in all the prosperous dairying regions of northern Europe. Most popular themes seem to have been animals, fruits, vegetables, grains, flowers and ancient symbols of the sun and stars. Often a family would use a particular design to represent their product.
Source:	http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/tcm/id/1242
Collection:	The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Rights:	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/;
Copyright:	Creative Commons (CC By-SA 3.0);
Subjects:	Butter molds Switzerland -- Social life and customs Implements, utensils, etc.

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