Object number
75/125/1-2
Creator
Description
Earthenware butter cooler, consisting of a dish and a bell-shaped lid. The cooler is stamped 'John Roberts Patentee Upnor Rochester'.
An earthenware butter cooler, for storing butter, consisting of a dish and a bell-shaped lid. Both the base and dome have small holes which enable the air to circulate. The cooler is stamped 'John Roberts Patentee Upnor Rochester'.
Physical description
1 butter cooler [consisting of 1 domed lid and 1 circular base]: red clay
Archival history
MERL Catalogue Form (temporary) – ‘Object name: COOLER, Butter // Class: DOMESTIC STORING Food // … // Said to have been used in the Reading area. The lid is bell shaped. 1.5 cm up from the lid base there is at regular intervals a line of holes (1 cm) apart) 45 of them. Directly above 10 of them there is the inscription (above) a single line of capital letters in a square serrifed type-face. The lid sides curve in slightly towards the top. On the dome of the bell jar for lifting is a hole – diameter 1.5 cm – possibly there for the air to circulate. // THE BASE // A saucer raised from the table by a circular ridge (1/2 way in). On the bottom side a strip on the ridge. Inscription of centre in middle of base. The top surface working inwards has a slightly raised rim around the outside a circular groove in which the lid fits (2 cm wide) then another ridge with holes (piercing straight through) at regular intervals, of 2 cm, there is a flat plane (0.5 cm) and then a shallow base in the centre (13 cm).’
Production place
Upnor
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