What 19th century folk art just melts away? Stamped butter! Why would anyone want to stamp a design into a glob of butter? In the days before widespread packaging and distribution of butter by food manufacturers, all butter came from the farms and kitchens of rural America. In order to identify the maker and to convey a sense of quality, individual butter makers stamped a design into the butter they sold. Sometimes it was their initials, but more often it was a picture of