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A butter print with a design of a wheat sheaf and two ears of corn. From the dairy of Woodley Farm in Woodley, Berkshire.
Butter prints were used for leaving a hallmark of the place of origin on blocks of butter and often had symbolic designs. This is a round print with a design of a wheat sheaf and two ears of corn. It is made of sycamore, a close-grained wood often used for dairy equipment, where scrubbing and cleaing is important. It came from the dairy of Woodley Farm in Woodley, Berkshire.

1 butter print; wood (sycamore); fair condition: cracked and woodworm

MERL miscellaneous note, Greta Bertram, 22 August 2013 – Woodley Farm was in the possession of the Pither Family from the mid-nineteenth century until January 1982. The contents of the farm were sold at public auction on 16 April 1982., MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – ‘Description: round butter print of sycamore with a design consisting of a wheat sheaf and two ears of corn. // Dimensions: dia. 10 cms // Associated information: from Woodley Farm, Butts Hill Rd., Woodley. The farmhouse had a dairy. The farm had been in the possession of the Pither family from the mid nineteenth century until Jan. 1982. // References: …’