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Butter Stamp
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This wooden butter paddle was owned by the Copp family in Stonington, Connecticut around 1819. The paddle has a partner in object DL*00636.02. These butter paddles were used as scoops for taking butter out of the churn, cutting and shaping the butter into a block or pressing it into a mold, and finally imprinting the butter with the repousse floral pattern seen on the paddle.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineButter Stamp. 1819. Copp Family. National Museum of American History, Gift of John Brenton Copp. CC0.
