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  • Object number
    71/233/1-2
  • Description
    Long wooden pats, according to the Dairy Supply catalogue known as knives or slicers, used for shaping butter into blocks.
    This is a pair of long wooden pats each made from one piece of wood with tapered handles and grooved faces. According to the Dairy Supply catalogue these long pats are known as knives or slicers. These are butter knives or slicers and they were used for shaping butter into blocks. They belonged to the donor's mother who sold butter in the town.
  • Physical description
    2 butter pats; wooden (sycamore) fair condition: slightly chipped, few paint marks
  • Object name
    Pat, butter
  • Material
    Wood, sycamore
  • Associated subject
    PROCESSING : dairying
    Milk
    Butter
  • External document
    • L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_11290.tif - High resolution image
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