Object number
2007/7
Exhibition
Description
This box was used to transport butter and eggs from Clintsfield Farm in Wennington, Lancashire, to Lancaster market in the early twentieth century.
Physical description
1 box: wood, metal
Label Text
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><P><SPAN><SPAN>Butter box,This box was used by a farmer’s wife from Clintsfield Farm near Wennington, Lancashire. The butter she made was sent to the railway station where it was transported to market. Small scale production of butter and eggs was commonly carried out by women on farms. The nameplate features the name of the farmer, T. H. Staveley.MERL 2007/7</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV><DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><P><SPAN><SPAN>This 'butter box' from Clintsfield farm was used to take butter to Lancaster market on the train from Wennington. It is now in the Museum of Rural Life in Reading - the only example they have from England. (Photo courtesy MS)[http://www.tathamhistory.org.uk/resources/railway/3-timetable.php]</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Standard museum name: BOX, BUTTER // Accession number: 2007/7 // Classification: MARKETING Dairy produce butter // Negative number: // Acquisition method: Gift // Acquired from: // Date: // Store: // Condition: // Recorder: // Date: // Description: // Dimensions: // Associated information: Used at Clintsfield Farm, Old Moor Road, Wennington, Lancaster in the the early 20th Century. Butter and eggs would be transported in this box every Saturday on the 8am train from Wennington to Lancaster Market. // References:' [This form is largely incomplete], Letter, Will Phillips to Mary Staveley, 9 February 2007 - [Letter concerns the completion of paperwork related to acquisition and documentation of this artefact]
Production date
1900 - 1950
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