I found this untouched, huge roll of true butcher paper at an antiques shop in Maine, and know from the seller that it came out of a Maine estate, but the butcher shop in question, Douglas Risely & Sons, was located in Thrapston, England. One might think that when I go out hunting for things I am actively making choices, but more often it seems I am just there to let things choose me--and this is one of those things that demanded I bring it home, whether or not any of you find it as cool as I do! Part of the appeal for me is the the great printed graphics and text, and its completeness as a never used deadstock roll, but it is especially because it is a huge roll of a real butcher's butcher paper--a type of paper we are all familiar with (and a category we generally lump other sorts of brown kraft paper into)--but how often do we see true butcher paper made expressly for a butcher shop? (Certainly there is a certain romantic quality about an old school butcher shop--in England no less--too, even for a vegetarian like me! 

Paper is 10"  wide; roll is 7 3/4" in diameter. I gently eased the lightly adhered end of the roll open to see the true color of the printed graphics, but the roll is complete. Very good condition, clean and not at all brittle, with graphics repeating all the way through.