Chicken Butter Mold

Object/Artifact

Cascade Locks Historical Museum

Name/Title

Chicken Butter Mold

Entry/Object ID

79.7.50

Description

Metal butter mold shaped like a chicken. Mold is 4 parts, two sides that make up the chicken, a flat bottom and a tension fit part to hold the mold together. Item was mislabeled 79.7.47

Made/Created

Place

Country

Germany

Region

Central Europe

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Made in (Country's Name)

Location

Top of chicken

Transcription

Germany

Material/Technique

Stamped

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Mold, Butter

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Mold, Food

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Shaper, Food

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Food Preparation Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Food Processing & Preparation T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Dimensions

Height

3 in

Width

1-5/8 in

Length

4-1/4 in

Materials

Material

Metal, Tin

Material Notes

Cut and shaped tin.

Colors

Color

Silver, Gray

Color Notes

Inside of the chicken still have shiny silver tin while the outside has been tarnished into a dark gray.