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This is a wooden cheese mould follower, which is used during cheese making for pressing down into cheese mould to remove moisture from freshly moulded cheese. This item came to the museum as part of the Sharp collection.

1 cheese mould follower: wood (oak); fair condition- worm holes

The Sharp Collection of agricultural and dairying equipment was compiled by Reverend C. J. Sharp at Wonersh, Surrey. Reverend Sharp died in 1967 and the Museum acquired the Collection for £60 in 1968., MERL ‘Handwritten catalogue correction’ form – ‘Mould follower// PROCESSING milk cheese// Sharp collection // wood. Worm holes [pencil drawing].’