[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]
53/190
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
This trough, also called a sink or slopstore, was used in Groby, Leicestershire, where it was fitted in an outhouse dairy attached to a cottage. It is made of Swithland slate, a local material also used for roofing tiles and tombstones. It was thought by the donor that it was probably used for bacon salting.
[nb-NO]Physical description[nb-NO]
1 slate trough; slate; good condition
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
1653 - 1883
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