Butter Mold

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Butter Mold

Entry/Object ID

1967.121.2

Description

Wooden and steel butter mold. The mold has four straight sides fastened together with screws and a top press plate. Two sides are lengthier and shorter in height. The other two sides are taller with a beveled outer top edge.A steel manual press is screwed to the top edges of the shorter sides and through a steel plate into the central flat press. The underside of the central press has molded grooves carved into it to create a large check pattern in the butter.

Acquisition

Accession

1967.121

Source or Donor

Rutland Women's Reformatory

Acquisition Method

Gift

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

6-3/4 in

Material

Wood, Steel

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Rutland Women's Reformatory

Related Places

Place

City

Rutland

County

Rutland County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America