A clay cylindrical box with a flat lid. It is hiding a butter dish.

A clay cylindrical box, a hand holding the lid open. Attached to the lid another cylinder with holes. It's meant to be filled with butter. And the base box filled with water. The butter is plunged in the water full base. It preserves the butter fresh out of the fridge for weeks.

Beurrier breton / beurrier à eau
Breton butter dish / Water butter dish

A very old butter dish from Brittany. The butter goes in the lid and the base is filled with water. Preserves the butter for weeks out of the fridge.

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