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One small metal milk can - quarter pint capacity. Inscribed 'G & A Prior' on the lid, the owners of Donnington Dairy, Reading. The can is part of a set of one large can and eight smaller cans used for selling milk. The large can was the bulk supply and the milk was transferred to the small cans which were left at peoples houses.

1 can: metal, steel and brass

MERL ‘Associated information’ form – ‘Name of Object: Milk cans (9) // Age…: // Name and address of present owner: Farmers Clean Milk Dairy Reading // Description of use to which it was put…: Returned after loan to dairy show. Belonged to Donnington Dairies, Reading - milk vendors. 1. large - approx 1 gallon, 5. 1/2 pint, 2. pint, 1. approx 1/4 pint. All of usual pattern. G & A Prior’, MERL Catalogue Form (temporary) – ‘Sheet 1 of 3 // Description: Condition: good // date: 11 Dec 1974 // Material(s): Tinned metal and brass // Marks Inscription/Mark: Trademark The Standard Milk Can // Position: On hinge of 7 smaller cans // Method: Engraved // Interest: Association: Owner of all cans // Associate: G & A Prior, Donnington Road, Reading // Association: Maker of all cans // Associate: Dairy Outfit Co Ltd, Kings and London N // Cataloguing Cataloguer: J.M. Betts // of: MERL // date: 11 Dec 1974 // Notes: Use: These cans were used for selling milk. The large can was the bulk supply and the milk was transferred to the small cans which were left at peoples houses.‘, Photocopy of Printed Report - 'Hands On Learning with Reading Museum Service // Materials H541 // Milk Can // This quarter pint milk can came from Donnington Dairies in Reading, which was in operation during the first half of the twentieth century. [...]'

Metal, steel, Metal, brass