Object number
75/106
Description
This is a tall narrow iron cheese press painted blue and capable of pressing two cheeses at the same time. There is a central screw with a spring pressure device above. There is a pressure scale from 0-30 cm. A fine handled wheel raises or lowers the pressing plate. There are two stools. The bottom one is fixed and the top one can be raised so that one cheese would be placed below and one above.
Archival history
MERL ‘History Artefacts’ card – ‘Press // processing milk // Mark- W. M. Smith & Co. Whitchurch Ltd. // Dairy Unit- Department of Food Science // Description: A tall narrow iron press painted blue and capable of pressing two cheeses at the same time. There is a central screw with a spring pressure device above. There is a pressure scale from 0-30 cm. A fine handled wheel raises or lowers the pressing plate. There are two stools. The bottom one is fixed and the top one can be raised so that one cheese would be placed below and one above.
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_12343.tif - High resolution image
