Butter pats & spoons

Working and shaping butter with butter pats or hands is all part of the butter-making process. But these days these beautiful piecs of crafted wood could equally be part of a lovely vintage kitchen display.

Often referred to as butter paddles or Scotch hands, they were designed for taking butter from churns and then cutting and shaping the butter into a block or blocks. They could then be used for lifting the butter into moulds. The ribbed sides are designed to grip the butter.

Although mainly used in the kitchen or dairy, early grocers would use them to serve customers their butter.

Most butter pats were made from sycamore wood, although cheaper ones came from box wood.