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  • Object number
    58/19/1-2
  • Description
    Butter pats or 'butter beaters' 'Scotch hands' used for working butter into blocks while removing the buttermilk.
    Butter pats, also known as 'butter beaters' and 'Scotch hands', were used for working butter into blocks while removing the buttermilk. Each of these wooden pats has a hole in the handle by which it could be hung up and the underside of each is carved with parallel grooves. Nothing is known of the origins of these pats.
  • Physical description
    2 butter pats; wooden; good condition
  • Object name
    Pat, butter
  • Material
    Wood
  • Associated subject
    PROCESSING : dairying
    Milk
    Butter
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