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A scoop used to remove a sample of cheese in order to test its quality. Found in the garden at West Farm, Winterbourne Whitechurch, Dorset.
This is a cheese sampler, a small metal scoop used to remove a sample of cheese in order to test its quality. It was found in the garden at West Farm, Winterbourne Whitechurch, Dorset in the early 1950s.

cheese sampler: metal, wood

MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'CHEESE Sampler // Found in garden at West Farm, Winterbourne, Whitechurch, Dorset. // Auger for testing Cheese, dug up in the garden of West Farm, Winterbourne Whitechurch, Dorset in 1951 or 1952. // R A Lamprey // Woolacombe, N. Devon.', MERL ‘History Artefacts’ card – 'Description: A metal scoop with a T-shaped wooden handle. The long blade is shaped like a trough. // Use: For withdrawing a sample from a cheese in order to test its quality...'

Metal, Wood