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Crazy for Cow Butter Barrels

Butter tubs with cows on top.  How cute!  These are part of a new curated collection I'm posting in my online shop.  I adore these vintage butter tubs and dishes.  What each of them has in common (besides being originally used for holding butter or cheese) is that they have a cow resting on top. They come from all over the world.  My collection contains butter tubs from Germany, France, Japan, Portugal and England.  Some are hand painted, some are Majolica and of course some are transferware.  Let's check them out! I found this one pictured below som etime back and I liked it so much that I decided to keep it for awhile   and display it on my Pure Butter slab.  It is Portuguese majolica and dates to about the 1950's. Then I got this one, almost like the one above, but a little taller.  I displayed it on the opposite side of the kitchen. Then I put the one above up for sale in my shop. This all white German one sold the day I posted a picture of it