A vintage wooden butter mold with a carved leaf design - Nobtis/Getty Images These decorative molds were always made of wood, and they could be square boxes or cylinders. The butter was set into the ...

The history of Hagerstown is only a mold away. A butter mold, that is. The Miller House is home to many local pieces of history, but when it comes to butter molds, the museum has about 200 pieces.

Once a burdensome chore for each family to produce for dinner, the art of making superior butter became a delightful practice, and each neighborhood soon developed butter-making households that had ...