Wooden Butter Press/Mold(grooved bottom on press), Circa 1910

Description
Media Type
Object
Item Type
Cooking utensils
Description
Small rectangular wooden box with a circular opening in the top and and an open bottom. The press is a flat wooden piece with a handle.
Notes
This is small rectangular wooden box that is made of wood that was used to squeeze the buttermilk out from the butter in the last stages of the process. The press fit inside with the handle extending out through the hole in the top to allow the butter to be pressed down and formed all at the same time.


From Hugh & Mary (Reed) Montgomery Farm - Parkinson
Inscriptions
Accession Number 996.1.3
Date of Original
Circa 1910
Subject(s)
Local identifier
Artifact Collection
Collection
Local History
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 46.28336 Longitude: -83.23318
Donor
From Hugh and Mary (Reed) Montgomery farm in Parkinson
Contact
Huron Shores Museum
Email:thessalonlib@hotmail.com
Agency street/mail address:

1 James St. P.O. Box 460

Iron Bridge, ON P0R 1H0

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