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This is a wooden cheese mould follower, which is used for pressing down into tinned steel cheese moulds to remove moisture from freshly moulded cheese. This item came to the museum as part of the Sharp collection.

1 cheese mould follower: wooden; fair condition- handle missing

The Sharp Collection of agricultural and dairying equipment was compiled by Reverend C. J. Sharp at Wonersh, Surrey. Reverend Sharp died in 1967 and the Museum acquired the Collection for £60 in 1968., MERL ‘Handwritten catalogue correction’ form – ‘Mould follower// PROCESSING milk cheese// Sharp collection // wood. Condition: Broken Base only. Worm holes [pencil drawing].’