Object number
79/13
Description
Rhubarb forcer made of red earthernware. Used in the kitchen garden of a farm at Winterbourne in Gloucestershire.
This is a rhubarb forcer made of red earthernware, with a shape similar to a conical chimney. One of a set of six used in the kitchen garden of a farm at Winterbourne in Glouc. run by Miss Alice Matthews, brought ot Reading in the 1970s. The manufacturing details are unknown.
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Rhubarb Forcer // R. F. Coombs, Caversham, Reading // Description: Made of red earthernware, with a shape similar to a conical chimney // Associated information: One of a set of six used in the kitchen garden of a farm at Winterbourne in Glouc. run by Miss Alice Matthews. Brought to Reading about six years ago. Date and place of manufacture is unknown'
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_14715.tif - High resolution image
