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Butter Press
- Material
- WOOD-UNKNOWN;
- Description
- Wooden butter press. Press is rectangular box shaped with no bottom. There is a hole in the top wooden panel which forms the top of the box.
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR MATERIALS
- Sub-Category
- FOOD PROCESSING TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- Description
- Wooden butter press. Press is rectangular box shaped with no bottom. There is a hole in the top wooden panel which forms the top of the box.
- Narrative
- Wooden butter mold used on the farm to form blocks of butter. After churning, butter would be placed into this mold in order to set. The formed butter could easily be removed when set by pulling on the plunger portion, which is missing.
- Material
- WOOD-UNKNOWN;
- Height
- 11.7
- Width
- 7.5
- Length
- 13.5
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 1979.115.48
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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