Clan Butter Collection

The Butters were a Perthshire family of Faskally, near Pitlochry. Archibald Butter of Faskally offered the site on which Pitlochry's parish church was built…

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About Clan Butter

The Butters were a Perthshire family of Faskally, near Pitlochry. Archibald Butter of Faskally offered the site on which Pitlochry's parish church was built. Sixteenth-century records show the family drawn into local feuds typical of the era: in 1554 John Butter of Gormok was outlawed for his part in the killing of George Drummond of Leidcreif, in a feud with the Blairs of Balthayock, and in 1598 Patrick Butter was indicted for besieging the House of Ashintully and imprisoning its laird, Andrew Spalding

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Modern or Ancient?

Same pattern, different dyes. Modern uses deep, saturated colours; Ancient uses the softer tones associated with natural dyes.