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This is a small cheese mould, turned from one piece of oak wood. Moulds are used in cheesemaking after curd has been formed from milk and rennet. The mould is then filled with curd and placed in the cheese press. The curd is subjected to pressure, which varies according to the type of cheese desired, and the whey is squeezed out and runs out of the mould through the 'weep holes' in the bottom and sides. This mould has three weep holes, and three shallow circular grooves which would leave an imprint on the cheese when pressed. It was used by the donor as a butter dish.

1 cheese mould: wood; fair condition- cracked