This wooden container and its bark lid were entirely handmade using wooden bark hoops and square finishing nails. The lid of the seal also features inscriptions that are both engraved and written in lead, as well as a grease stain. The inscription appears to read "Thibeault" (but it is possible that something else is written there, such as Arsenault).

The object reflects a skill traditionally associated with or practiced by the Acadian population. It primarily reflects the development of Acadian and Gaspé culinary arts, including butter making, carried out both artisanally and commercially. Here, the seal seems to correspond to family consumption rather than industrial production.

The butter churn was used to store and transport butter. It comes from Bonaventure.

A similar tinette is held by the Museum of Civilization (https://collections.mcq.org/objets/446). It should be noted that "tinette" is also used to refer to a chamber pot. Furetière's Universal Dictionary of 1690 gives the following definition: "A small vessel made of staves, narrower at the bottom than at the top, usually used to store salted butter. There is a large trade in butter tubs in Holland. They are also used in pantries and kitchens to collect water from fountains or to wash various items."

Butter production has a long history in Bonaventure. In 1905, the Bonaventure Butter Manufacturing Company was founded by Reverend Thomas Gravel, Member of Parliament Charles Marcil, and several directors: Omer Henry, Louis Bourdages, Stanislas Poirier, Hilarion Arsenault, Joseph Arsenault, Alexis Poirier, Joseph Cavanagh, Alfred Bourdages, and L. J. Bujold, secretary. In 1948, this butter factory became the Coopérative agricole régionale de produits laitiers (Regional Agricultural Cooperative for Dairy Products), which brought together the parishes of Port-Daniel, Saint-Godefroi, Paspébiac, Saint-Jogues, New Carlisle, Bonaventure, Saint-Elzéar, Saint-Siméon, and Saint-Alphonse. (Source: Jean Arsenault, president, Bicentenaire de Bonaventure 1760-1960. Bonaventure, Comité des fêtes, 1960. 399 pages.)