Object number
85/39
Description
A press used for pressing water out of vegetables. It came from the donor's family home in Reading.
A vegetable press, used for pressing water out of cabbages and other green vegetables. It is made of wood and consists of a flat, smooth wooden head and a turned handle which may be screwed in to the head. It came from the donor's family home in Reading.
Physical description
1 vegetable presser: wood; quite good condition: cracked
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: VEGETABLE PRESSER // Accession number: 85/39 // … // Recorder: JMB // Date: 24.9.85 // Description: A wooden vegetable presser consisting of a circular head with one flat side and a convex side into which the straight handle is fixed. The handle may be screwed in but it is too tight to get out. // Dimensions: Height: 20.0 cm Diameter of head: 13.0 cm // Associated information: This presser came from [the donor’s] family home and has been in her home here until she moved to Yorkshire recently.’
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_14930.tif - High resolution image
