Object number
93/7
Description
A circular wooden dish, with a hole in the middle to take a glass or ceramic butter dish. It came from the home of the Lawrence family in Reading.
Physical description
1 dish: wood; good condition
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: DISH // Accession number: 93/7 // … // Recorder: JMB // Date: 11.8.93 // Description: Circular dish made of soft wood. It has a central cut out area to hold a glass or ceramic dish for butter. It has a carved design of leaves and a flower round the edge with the word ‘Butter’ at the top. // Dimensions: Diameter: 21.0 cm Depth: 2.5 cm // Associated information: This dish came from the home of the Lawrence family see 93/5. [The Lawrence Family lived at Avebury Square, Reading, until the death of Dorothy Lawrence in the mid-1970s.]’
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_16113.tif - High resolution image
