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54/77
Descripción
This is a roller butter print, used to decorate butter. It originally came from Moreton-in-Marsh, in Gloucestershire. It bears a formal design in four distinct parts. On one side of the roller are regular straight indentations, then a very narrow band of indentations. The third band has deeper pointed oval indendations carved obliquely, followed by a final narrow band of indentations.
Descripción física
1 butter print roller: wood (sycamore); good condition- pattern worn on one side
Historia del archivo
MERL 'Catalogue index' card – ‘… // DATE ACQUIRED: // GROUP: // NEGATIVE: // PERIOD: // PLACE OF ORIGIN: // NUMBER: // DESCRIPTION: …‘ This butter print came from Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire. // It is a roller type of print and bears a formal design in four distinct parts. One one side of the roller are regular straight indentations, this part is .3 inches wide, then comes a very narrow band of indentations .1 inches wide. The next band is .4 inches wide and has deeper pointed oval indentations carved obliquely and finally there is another narrow band similar to the second band. Thus the roller is .9 inches wide. // The handle is well made with very slight shoulders above where the two sides join, a carved ring at its narrowest point and three indentations on each side where it is braodest. There is a small knob at the end of the handle. // It measures 6.9. inches in length. // See also 51/1234/1-2. //
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