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Butter pats known as 'butter beaters' and 'Scotch hands', were used for working butter into blocks while removing the buttermilk.
Butter pats, also known as 'butter beaters' and 'Scotch hands', were used for working butter into blocks while removing the buttermilk. This pat has a hole in the handle by which it could be hung up and the underside is carved with parallel grooves. It is made of sycamore, a close-grained wood often used for dairy equipment, where scrubbing and cleaing is important. Nothing is known of the origins of this butter pat.

1 pat: wood (sycamore);