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Turlough Park, Castlebar, Co Mayo

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Butterprints came in many shapes (mirror, eye and stamp) and the older ones were all turned from a single piece of wood with the decoration created with wood chipping tools and cutters.

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Butterprint
Cow standing on grass, with foliage to the front and above, and a neat etched border. Hacketstown, Co. Carlow. NMI Collections F:1932.156

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Country Life

Turlough Park,
Castlebar,
Co. Mayo,
F23 HY31

+353 94 903 1755