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51/1200
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
This is a steel cheese sampler for obtaining a section from a large cheese to test its quality. It dates from the eighteenth century.
[nb-NO]Physical description[nb-NO]
1 cheese sampler: metal (steel); good conditionThe hammer head and claw may have helped in removing and replacing the cheese mould follower.
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 'This is a very fine example of a steel cheese scoop. The long blade shaped like a trough was used for obtaining a section of a large cheese to test its quality. The handle has a hammer head at one end a claw at the other. The scoop is 5.25 inches long.', Victoria & Albert Museum No. M347, 1917.
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
1700-01-01 - 1799-12-31
[nb-NO]Production period[nb-NO]
Eighteenth century
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\35 series negatives\Scans\35_666.tif - High resolution image
