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Back on the Farm – What is it?

This is a Butter Mold from the 1910s and 1920s. Estimated Retail Value $35. In the old days butter was shipped to the big cities using railroad and steamships. To keep the butter from getting mixed up with the other butter being shipped – people would use a mold with a unique marking in order to avoid mix-ups with the other butter. Butter was usually shipped in round tubs – thus the mold was the same size as the container it was shipped in. There are many different butter molds out there in many different sizes. If anyone knows for sure if the old steamships around here shipped butter to market or if the local farmers used to send their butter to market give us a call at Holly Hill Antiques 804-695-1146 or call the comments line at GLO-Clips

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