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This wooden bat was used in conjunction with a butter tub. It was used for manipulating the butter in the tub, and for scraping butter out of the tub. It was used at Lords Leaze Farm, Chard.
This wooden bat was used in conjunction with a butter tub. It was used for manipulating the butter in the tub, and for scraping butter out of the tub. It was used at Lords Leaze Farm, Chard.

1 butter pat: wood

MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'BUTTER HAND // PROCESSING Milk butter // See Recording Form. // This wooden bat came with the butter tub (62/337) and was probably used for manipulating or working the milk or butter in the tub and also for scraping the butter out of the tub.', MERL Recording form – 'Additional information // Further information to be obtained from owner. // [pencil sketch]'