Object number
2000/12
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Description
This is a milking machine bucket. It was made by Lawrence Kennedy of Glasgow, and has a nameplate on the side reading 'THE LAWRENCE KENNEDY PATENT // UNIVERSAL MILKER // GLASGOW'. It was donated to the museum as part of a collection of material relating to Harold W. Burry, developer of Vaccar milking machines.
Physical description
1 bucket: metal
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Milking Machine Bucket // Description // A conical milking machine bucket possibly once galvanized but now very rusty. The wide top rim is another metal - possibly brass. // It has a handle, attached to loops with hooks, for carrying and another small handle near the base. // Nameplate on side: THE LAWRENCE KENNEDY PATENT // UNIVERSAL MILKER // GLASGOW. // Dimensions // Height: 50cm // Diameter (top): 18.5cm // Diameter (base) 38.0cm // Associated information // Part of a collection of material relating to Harold W. Burry 1899-1980, developer of Vaccar milking machines. // References // Material in Archives Ref. No. DX 893'
Production place
Glasgow
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