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Pigeon Forge
Pottery
Pigeon Forge
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| Pottery Information |
Buttermold prints or stamps were used in the early pioneer days to impress a raised design on a pound or half-pound pat of butter. The Buttermolds were generally turned by hand from semi-hard wood and then carved. Home-made examples were whittled from poplar. Some of these molds date as far back as the 1750's. More easily found today are the round molds, fitted with a circular plunger at the end. Butter was packed into the mold with a wooden paddle and then ejected by the plunger, which automatically left the impression of its own carving in relief on the resultant print. Buttermold print designs used in the Pigeon Forge area have been collected and reproduced in clay. THE PIGEON FORGE POTTERY PIGEON FORGE, TENNESSEE |