Old antique French rustic wooden butter mould pat press with floral carved detail

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A delightfully rustic old French hand-carved antique dairy butter mould with separate press to impress the design into the pat.
This oblong shaped mould would have been used in the dairy for forming the butter pats ready for the table once the butter was churned from milk, and the decoration would have been impressed into the block.
The timber has taken on a charming bleached out appearance, patina from being scrubbed over the years.
The construction is simple and quite primitive, the oblong base is made from four pieces of wood which are hinged together. At one end a hook with screw keeps the mould in place, once the butter has been chilled the hook is released and the hinges allow the mould to be removed. The press stamp has a carved pattern of a flower and a simple block handle, this sits within the oblong mould when not in use.
Size approx Length 18cm, width 11cm, height 6.5cm.

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