Object number
75/86/1-4
Description
A hand separator made of cast iron. Used for seperating cream from milk. From Hertfordshire College of Agriculture and Horticulture, St. Albans.
A hand separator made of red painted cast iron. The body and stand only are present. The milk pan and seperating mechanism ar missing. The apparatus can be bolted to a table. It is cylindrical in shape with a tripod arm to hold the pan. The handle has a wooden end. This would have been used for seperating cream from milk. These items were used at Hertfordshire College of Agriculture and Horticulture, St. Albans.
Physical description
cream separator: metal [iron]
Archival history
MERL ‘History Artefacts’ card – ‘Seperator part // Mark- The Alexandra Separator Co London, Titan BD // Place made- Denmark // Place of use: Oaklands, date of use: 1920-30s // Herts County College of Agriculture and Horticulture, St Albans // Description: A hand separator made of red painted cast iron. The body and stand only are present. The milk pan and seperating mechanism ar missing. The apparatus can be bolted to a table. It is cylindrical in shape with a tripod arm to hold the pan. The handle has a wooden end. Use: for seperating cream from milk.’
Production place
Denmark
Object name
Material
Associated subject
External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_12339.tif - High resolution image
