رقم الكائن
83/80/1-2
الوصف
This is a wooden split butter mould for making a solid block of butter in the shape of a squirrel. It is inscribed, 'T94M'. It is one of a collection of moulds made for exhibition in the Rural Industries Bureau in the late 1940s or early 1950s.
الوصف المادي
1 butter mould (two halves): wood; good condition
تاريخ أرشيفي
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: MOULD // Accession number: 83/80 // Classification: PROCESSING Milk butter // Negative number: 60/14473 // Acquisition method: Gift // Acquired from, date: CoSIRA, 141 Castle St, Salisbury, Wilts SP1 3TP September 1983 // Store: small object // Condition: good // Recorder, date: JMB 8.12.83 // Description: A solid, split butter mould with a squirrel design // Inscription: T94M // Also label giving directions for use. See Xerox // Dimensions: 9 x 10.5cm. // Associated information: As for 83/79 // References: As for 83/79', Letter, CoSIRA to MERL, 1983 – 'Mr Brian Kendal will be bringing these to you in the next few weeks when he is passing. I hope you can find some use for them. When I can I will try to get some more background but Mr Trust says that they were made for exhibition in the Rural Industries Bureau, not sure but I think Wimbledon, in the late forties or early fifties. I'll send any further information with Mr Kendall.', Mould text label – 'BUTTER MOULDS // Every mould carved by English craftsmen. // DIRECTIONS FOR USE // First thoroughly soak the mould in [?]er, then with a table-knife, fill in the [?]pression on one half of the mould first, and cut [?] butter off level with the face of the mould, fill [?]alf in the same way, and join together [?] any that may be required at base [?] and cut off level with mould as before. // To get the but[?] with the knife. The butter [?] remain in one of the halves, but insert [?] at the bottom and take it out. Draw the knife out of the butter between the prongs of a fork. // NOTE:- In cutting off butter level with mould do not hollow the butter out, but rather leave it raised slightly where the impression is, so that it may bind well together when they are joined. Use firm butter and garnish with parsley.', MERL miscellaneous note – 'Some of these moulds are marked as being made by Howard Brothers Ltd, Avenue Works, Chesham, Bucks. It is possible that they were all made there and some labels have come off.', Object history research, December 2022 - 'How can this object be described? This butter mould is made from two pieces of wood. Each block is delicately carved with half a squirrel. The two blocks fit together to form a cube. The are two holes and two projections which fit together. // What was this object used for? The mould was used to create fancy-shaped butter. // How was it used? The mould has a label which explains how to use it: Soak the mould in water //Fill the impression on one half of the mould with butter and level off // Fill the other half of the mould with butter // Join the moulds together // To get the butter out separate the moulds. If butter remains in one of the halves insert a knife at the bottom and prise out. Draw the knife out of the butter between the prongs of a fork. // How old is it? It is one of a collection of moulds made for exhibition in the Rural Industries Bureau in the late 1940s or early 1950s. It may have been made by Howard Brothers Ltd of Avenue Works, Chesham, Buckinghamshire. // Which other objects in the collection relate to the butter mould? This pair of butter pats [MERL 83/42/1-2] was used to shape butter into blocks. The underside of each of these wooden pats is ridged. They belonged to a commoner from Ashdown Forest, East Sussex, in the early-twentieth century. '
التاريخ
1945-01-01
اسم الكائن
مادة
وثيقة خارجية
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