 Click thumbnail for a larger image. | Description: A single wooden butter pat. These come in pairs and were used to form home-made butter into "pats" for the table butter dish and to form "blocks" of one pound weight to be wrapped in paper and sold by the farmer to local shops. The slab of butter was held between the wooden pats and shaped by passing to and fro. Format: Realia Object: butter making Titles: Butter Pat Subjects: farms; food manufacturing Institution: Grubb Shaft Gold and Heritage Museum Object number: GSM_00186 Disclaimer The content of this record is provided by Grubb Shaft Gold and Heritage Museum. For any questions about the content please contact them. |
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