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This bucket from a milking machine has a rim at the base and straight sides but tapers towards the top opening. It has a swinging handle. It has an iInscription on a green name plate: R. A. Lister & Co Ltd. Dursley, England. Dairy engineers. This came to the museum as part of the Reeves collection.

1 bucket: metal

MERL Miscellaneous note, Greta Bertram, 10 March 2014 – The Reeves Collection was donated by R. & J. Reeves and Son Ltd. of Bratton Iron Works near Westbury, Wiltshire. The firm, which manufactured agricultural machinery, was well-established by 1849, and went into final receivership in 1970, when the Collection was donated to MERL. Bratton Iron Works was demolished in 1973. A detailed list of all of the objects in the Collection can be found in the accession file for 70/235. Records relating to the firm can be found in the MERL Archives, reference TR REE., MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – ‘ Milking machine bucket // Livestock cattle milking // Reeves // Description: This bucket from a milking machine has a rim at the base and straight sides but tapers towards the top opening. It has a swinging handle. Inscription: Green name plate: R. A. Lister & Co Ltd. Dursley, England. Dairy engineers. Dimensions: Height: 40cm, Diameter top: 15cm, Diameter (base): 34cm.’