Name/TitleFleeter
About this objectFleeter with enclosed oval handle.
The whole milk, still warm, was poured into a galvanised bath, and rennet was added. After about an hour the milk was sufficiently set to be scooped out with the fleeter into a sieve lined with muslin.
Used by the donor and donor's mother at Weybread in the 1920's. The donor also made cheese occasionally after she married in 1940.
Medium and MaterialsGalvanized iron.
MeasurementsDiameter: 15 cm
Handles: 4.5 x 2.5 cm
Object Typefleeter
Object numberSTMEA:76.A.79.8
Copyright Licence
Attribution - Non-commercial (cc)
