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Fleur de lys Prince of Wales feathers uranium butter mold
thewingedsphinx:
Unusual piece, with reverse saying “ICH DIEN” = I serve. I think this is a butter mold. It’s heavily chipped, wouldn’t want to spread that butter on my toast with uranium chips in. Has any one seen any thing like this before. I reckon it’s Victorian?
Cheers Mike
Paul S.:
very unusual and interesting Mike - regret not a clue as to maker, sorry, although you'd assume made in U.K. since the PoW was British Royalty. Going on the assumption that you're correct about this being a mould - in other words something that is used to impress a pattern onto the butter - then might it be the case that the wording should be in reverse on the glass, so that it appears the correct way round when plonked on the butter - or do I have that all wrong. :)
thewingedsphinx:
Hi Paul,
Yes you are right the tiny wording is in reverse so you would only be able to read whatever it was being stamped or moulded onto. It took me a while to translate it as I thought it may be German but wifey said it’s a Latin phrase motto for the Prince of Wales.
I have now found similar wooden moulds.
Funnily enough a while ago I sold a piano insulator to a lady in Australia, she sent me some photos of her friends weird piano insulator which was another of these, but I thought it was unlikely as the decoration would have been destroyed by the castor and the base is round.
Has a great uv glow similar to some of my Manchester piano insulators though.
Paul S.:
thanks Mike - I get the impression this must be rare, don't recall ever seeing another - pity it's so damaged, and wouldn't have the faintest clue as to age - agree, I don't see this as an insulator. I wonder if there has to be some form of licence in order for maker to use the 'feathers'.
Anne:
I'm intrigued by this, as the only butter moulds I've seen in glass were of a different style - see two examples on this page (scroll down) https://blog.cheesemaking.com/molding-butter-part-3/.
Mike could you please add a top down view of this, showing how it looks from the curved side please? I'm trying to visualise how clearly the design would show through the curved surface. Ta!
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