Object number
99/17/1-2
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Description
Container with rubber stopper. 'ASTELL, LONDON'. Known as 'cream pot' used by milk tanker staff for taking samples of milk to test quality.
This is a metal container with a rubber stopper. It is also stamped: 'ASTELL // LONDON// ENGLAND'. The bottle is known as 'cream pot' and was used by milk tanker unloading staff for taking samples of milk to test quality; (advantage over glass by not breaking if falling from tanker).
Physical description
1 sample bottle: metal (aluminium); good condition
Archival history
MERL Miscellaneous note- Georgia Charitou- 10 November 2014-The equipment was from the Milk Marketing Board which operated from the Southern Regional Office of the MMB, 39 Christchurch Road, Reading. Mr. Banks worked from the office at Christchurch Road from 1961 onwards. from The Express Dairy at Didcot; made by Astell of London
Production date
1970 - 1979-12-31
Production period
1970s
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