University of Reading | Archive and Museum Database

Object number
53/261
Collection
Titus Barham Collection
Description
This is a deep cheese mould, coopered from oak, and painted a blue-green on the outside. Two metal bands reinforce the wood. The bottom has four circular grooves in it which would be imprinted on the bottom of the cheese.
Physical description
1 cheese mould: wood [oak]; metal; cylindrical; coopered
Object name
Mould, cheese
Material
Wood, oak, Metal
Associated subject
PROCESSING : dairying
Milk
Cheese
Associated person/institution
The Titus Barham Collection (Collector)