Object number
54/448
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Description
This pint-sized milk can is made of tinned metal. It is oval in shape, and has a hinged lid, a brass handle for carrying, and another smaller brass handle attached to the hinge. The hinge is marked 'The Milk Standard Can Trade Mark', the lid with the name 'John Bucknell', and the body of the can 'Coley Park Farm, Reading'. The name of the maker on the body of the can is very faint, but it appears to be 'Dairy Outfit Co.'. It was used at Coley Park Farm, in Reading, for the delivery of milk to customers.
Physical description
1 Milk can: metal (tinned metal and brass); good conditionThe lid is marked with the name 'John Bucknell', and the body of the can with 'Coley Park Farm, Reading'. The name of the maker on the body of the can is very faint. The separate parts of the can are soldiered together.
Archival history
Object research project, John Masters, March 2019 – ‘This pint-sized milk can is made of tinned metal. It is oval in shape, and has a hinged lid, a brass handle for carrying, and another smaller brass handle attached to the hinge. It is 4.5 inches in height and oval-shaped 4 inches by 3 inches across the base. The hinge is marked 'The Milk Standard Can Trade Mark', the lid with the name 'John Bucknell', and the body of the can 'Coley Park Farm, Reading'. Also, on the body is the name of the maker - 'Dairy Outfit Co.'. It was used at Coley Park Farm, in Reading, for the delivery of milk to customers. Milk would have been carried from the farm to customers in milk churns -carried originally by horse and cart and more recently in a motor vehicle. Pint and half-pint measures would have been used to pour milk direct into the customer’s own jugs and containers, or milk would be supplied in these lidded cans. The empty cans would be returned to the milk distributor on his next visit to be replaced by ones full of milk. A milk churn, milk measures and a number of very similar milk cans, all from Coley Park Farm, are available in the MERL collection. The illustration above is of Milk Can 54/447 which is very similar to 54/448.'
Production place
Greater London [region]
Production date
1900-01-01 - 1949-12-31
Production period
Twentieth century, first half
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