We had no correct guesses for May’s What Is It. It is, of course a butter mold. A butter mold is a tool that enhances the presentation of butter to set out on a table at a gathering. An old primitive butter mold was hand-carved with a design etched into the flat bottom. To use the mold, the butter maker held the handle on top and pushed the flat bottom with the design into the butter. The result was a block of butter with a personalized design etched into the surface. Readers, try your luck with the May’s What Is it. You can win a year’s subscription to the Mountain States Collector!
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