Object number
64/227
Exhibition
Creator
Description
A butter print used for imprinting hallmark on butter. It features a flower and leaf design. Made by Kenneth Whittle, Howard Bros, Chesham.
This is a butter print, which is used for imprinting hallmark on fresh butter. This print features a flower and leaf design. This was made by Kenneth Whittle, from Howard Bros of Chesham.
Physical description
1 butter print: wood; very good condition
Label Text
BUTTER PRINT. This print is made of wood and was used for stamping designs on fresh butter. This example has a flower and leaf design and was made by Kenneth Whittle at Howards Bros of Chesham, Buckinghamshire. Why do you think the butter was printed in this way before being sold? Why I chose it? 'I loved the design on the bottom. It must have been hard to push into the butter without it sliding off the table or getting crushed.' MERL 64/227.
Archival history
MERL ‘History Artefacts’ card- ‘SPECIMEN. Location: MERL, Id. No: 64/227 // IDENTIFICATION. Object name: PRINT, Classified identification: PROCESSING- Milk- Butter, System: MERL// DESCRIPTION. Condition: very good, Date: 20 Nov. 1973, Completeness: Complete, Date: 20 Nov. 1973, Material(s): Wood, beech handle, sycamore print // Dimensions: Height 14cm, diameter 10.5cm, diameter of handle 4cm// INTEREST. Association: Place made, Associate: BUCKS, CHESHAM HOWARD BROS, Association: maker, Associate: Kenneth Whittle, date made: 1964 // REPR: 2, Curat.drawg: sketch, Other obj (specify): 2 other prints, Refno: 64/225 64/226// CATALOGUING. Cataloguer: J.M. Betts, of: MERL, Date: 20 Nov.1973 // Collec. 3. // ACQUISITION. Source: Howard Bro. Chesham. Bucks, Method: Purchase, Date: 30. Aug. 1964// NOTES. Description: A round print with upright handle, showing a flower and leaf design with patterned border. Use: For stamping pats of butter with the hall mark of its place of origin.’
Production place
Chesham
Object name
Material
Technique
Dimensions
- Height 140 mm
- Diameter 105 mm
Associated subject
External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_6013.tif - High resolution image
