What's It Wednesday: Answer for September 2nd

Did you see our “What’s it Wednesday” post on Facebook? We asked what this wooden object could be.

As a reminder the artifact is a two-piece wooden object. The first piece is bell shaped with a hole just large enough for the handle of the second piece to fit inside. The second piece is a flat disc with embossed decorations on one side and a handle.

The object is actually a butter mold or butter press. Back when you couldn’t buy butter in the local grocery store you had to make it yourself, but when butter comes out of the churn it’s a little gross and lumpy. To make a more pleasing shape, and impress your dinner guests, you would use a butter mold to make decorative butter shapes.