Object number
71/271
Description
A shallow, rectangular, wooden trough with a groove in the base and a drainage hole. It was used by the Bradfield family at Drayton Mill in Oxfordshire for curing bacon from home-slaughtered pigs. It was last used in the 1930s and 1940s, but may date from the nineteenth century. The trough would have been positioned on a pair of trestle tables such that it sloped slightly towards the drainage hole.
Physical description
1 bacon salting trough: wood; good condition
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: BACON SALTING TROUGH // Accession number: 71/271 // … // Recorder: JMB // Date: New sheet 8.12.87 // Description: A shallow wooden trough. It is made from one piece of wood and has a central groove in the base with shorter grooves running into it. It is shaped so that fluid drains to the centre and out through the drainage hole which is at the narrower end of the trough. // Dimensions: Length: 137.0 cm. Depth: 10.0 cm. Width at wide end: 53.0 cm. Width at narrow end: 47.0 cm // Associated information: The trough is split at the narrow end and had been repaired with a piece of tin which had rotted away. It is also stained at this end. // Trough used by the Bradfield family at Drayton Mill, Berkshire for curing home killed pigs. It was used last in the period 1934–1935 but had been in the family longer. Could be 19th century in date. // It was used standing on a table or pair of trestles sloping slightly towards the drain hole.’
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_10699.tif - High resolution image
