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Cheese press
Box and windlass cheese press. Solid wooden bench on four splayed legs supporting vertical rectangular frame. Box hoisted within frame by means of ropes suspended from hexagonal windlass parallel with the top cross-bar. Windlass worked by winder fixed to top of vertical post, and held in position with wooden peg thrust into a hole below. Desk-type lid in front of box (filled with stones). Stone tray resting on bench to house vat.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
38.417.1
Acquisition
Donation
Measurements
Length
(mm): 1705
Width
(mm): 1320
Depth
(mm): 440
diameter
(mm): 610
Location
In store
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