Cheese plug; Herbert & Sons; early 1900s; MT1996.138.3
Cheese plug
About this object
Cheese plug; a brass-and-wood handled metal cheese-testing tool. This was shaped to be inserted into a block of cheese to extract an internal sample. It was used on the farm of W.A. Dickie, of 'Edenglen' at Tuturau.
Manufacturer
Date Madeearly 1900s
Place MadeUK, England, Middlesex, London, West Smithfield
Place NotesWest Smithfield is now known as Smithfield.
Medium and Materials
organic, vegetal, wood
processed material, metal
processed material, metal, copper alloy, brass
Inscribed in handle: 'HERBERT & SONS / WEST SMITHFIELD'
Measurements
l 175mm x w 85mm
small
From the collection of the Mataura and Districts Historical Society Incorporated.
Object Type Object numberMT1996.138.3
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