Treen & T reenware in the Home

This butter spreader is 9 1/2” long and just over 2” wide. In the pictures I increased the contrast in an effort to make the writing legible to someone who reads German. We bought it along with a 4 1/2” diameter butter mold, whose pictures we will be adding later.

I don’t know if …

Old time wooden flower sifter. It is just under 8” in diameter and 4” deep. The screen is metal.

My mother (Born 1914) was a home economics teacher and always sifted her flour. She believed it was important to the quality of her cooking to use exactly the right amount of flour. ...

This platter doesn’t really fit in with a treenware page, but it is pretty and I didn’t have a better place to display it. It is obviously a maple leaf and is 11 1/2” long and just under 8” wide.

When I look closely at the carving I think it was done …

I think these are Swedish butter knives. They have an oily feel that tells me they were actually used.

One of them is marked “Ogdensaker” with an accent on the a. That is an actual place name in Sweeden. On the reverse is ““Alfons Aberg” with an accent on …

Two tiny wood scoops, both with “Germany” stamped on the side of their handles. The large one is 5 3/4” by 1 1/2” and the small one is 4 3/8” by 1 1/8”. Both were cut from a single piece of wood.

I assume they were used to scoop flour or seeds from a storage jar into …

This is a very well made butter mold. In use it was filled with butter, cooled, and the block of butter pushed out. Unlike some, there was no design carved into the mold.

The finish is good; very smooth and the dovetail joints on the corners are very well …