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| ID | Category | Simple Name | Detailed Description | Thumbnail | Location |
| A016_2 | Sports and pastimes | Quoits | Single heavy quoit for outdoor game toroidal cast iron object. heavy weight important in throwing. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A083 | Bee keeping | Skep | Straw bee hives coiled and wrapped straw bee hives.This hive is for temporary collection of swarm. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A171 | Domestic | cream-setting bowl | For allowing cream to rise. Green glaze on inside without pouring lip. Cracked. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A172 | Domestic | cream-setting bowl | For allowing cream to rise. One large and one small without pouring lips |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A176 | Domestic | cream skimmmer | For straining cream when pouring. wide spoon with strainer? |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A177 | CONTAINERS | bottles | One green and one plain glass bottle 2. has inscription D |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A178 | Domestic | butter churn,hand | glass churn with open action and metal paddles 2 imperial quarts..Blow moulded in square shaped glass jar |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A180 | Domestic | hand churn | Capacity 2 imperial quarts. Round glass jar with handle on oval gearbox. Marked Reg No 356612. Two wooden paddles inside which are turned to churn butter. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A181 | Measures | weights | designed for weighing buttter 4 oz, 1lb, 4lbs. square with handles |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A182 | Domestic | skewers | for holding joints of beef |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A183 | Measures | scales | designed for weighing buttter |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A184 | Measures | weights | designed for weighing buttter name stamped on weights |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A185 | Measures | weights | designed for weighing buttter. for use with A 183 name stamped on weights |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A186 | Measures | weights | designed for weighing buttter 4 oz, 1lb, 4lbs. square with handles |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A187 | Measures | cream separator | For use in buttermaking. Warmed milk poured into top chamber and then passed into a chamber fitted with a float and then through a strainer into a chamber revolving at high speed (cranked by hand). Centrifugal force separated cream from skim milk and eac |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A190 | BUTCHERY | cleaver | Metal cleaver made all in one piece with handle curved into hanging hook. Made all in one piece. Blade tapers from top to bottom. End of handle has twisted curl of metal at right angles to handle - possibly to enable cleaver to be hung up. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A191 | CONTAINERS | can | Capacity 1/2 gallon. Used for carry milk before bottles. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A192 | CONTAINERS | can | Capacity 1/2 gallon. Used for carry milk before bottles. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A193 | Measures | measure | For use with milk delivery churn. Capacity 1 pint |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A195 | Measures | measure | Capacities 1pt and 1/2pint. Stamped GR 552 with crown cylindrical |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A197 | Domestic | spanner | Used with cream separator A187 For servicing cream separator. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A199 | Measures | cheese thermometer | To test the temperature of milk before adding the rennet. Ceramic scale, glass mercury tube iron frame. label attached to ring at top reads 6/6 on one side and H17/1 on the other. 30 - 210 fahrenheit. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A200 | Measures | measure | capacity 1 pint |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A202 | Domestic | butter hands | not a pair both narrowly ribbed but one has auare and and one round. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A203 | Domestic | butter worker's bung | To block hole in hand-cranked butter worker. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A204 | Domestic | butter hands | Only one of these Long, not ribbed, rounded and tapering at end. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A205 | Domestic | butter hands | For shaping butter. Short, ribbed, tapering and rounded at end. Mouldy? |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A207 | Measures | measure | capacity 1/2pint |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A208 | Domestic | milk stirrer | For mixing milk? Long handle with circular flat base with dew drop holes. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A209 | CONTAINERS | can | Capacity 2 litres. Used for carrying milk before bottles white edged with dark blue |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A211 | Domestic | strainer | For straining cream when pouring. Metal bowl with double sieve at bottom, removeable for cleaning. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A212 | Domestic | scoop | For scooping butter from main pat. small spade shaped scoop |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A214 | Domestic | butter worker | Used to press moisture out of butter spread on tray. Roller slides along runners when handle is cranked and irons as it does so. Tile D Astle moulded on handle and stamped on board. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A215 | CONTAINERS | churn | For transporting milk from farm to dairy The original churn was swapped for one from the nissen hut in better condition in January 2002. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A217 | CARRIERS | yoke | wooden yoke with metal chains solid yoke for carrying two buckets |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A218 | BUTCHERY | gambrel | For stretching a carcase. Made of wood. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A219 | BUTCHERY | stunner | For stunning animals Heavy iron ball on the end of rigid metal pole, set in wooden handle. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A220 | BUTCHERY | pole-axe | For butchering animals. Large metal pin on opposite side to blade was used to stun animals by driving it at animal's forehead. Axe blade then used for slaughteriong. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A221 | BUTCHERY | stretcher | For stretching carcase to remove internal organs. Scissor like handles with iron hooks on ends fit rigid inside pig or beef carcase to hold it open while internal organs are removed. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A223 | BUTCHERY | cleaver | Made of metal all in one piece. with handle curved into handing hook. Made all in one piece. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A224 | BUTCHERY | beams | For hanging carcases. Wooden beams with rings on top by which to suspend them and hooks protruding from lower side, on which to hang meat. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A225 | BUTCHERY | pulley | For lifting carcases. wood and metal pulley with rope attached |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A228 | Measures | balance, spring | To weigh 112 lbs Spring balance Class III. Probably a baker's scales. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A235 | BUTCHERY | pig barrow | For carrying meat. Made of wood. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A236 | Domestic | barrel churn | For turning cream into butter End-over-end barrel churn set vertically on wooden frame with four legs, the latter fitted with iron fold -away carrying handles. Hand crank turns barrel evd over end, this being sufficient to make butter -come- One end remo |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A239 | Domestic | cooler | For cooling milk before putting it in the churn. Metal churn made in two layers. Inner liner surrounded by an outer churn. Space between layers filled with cold water, poured in through protruding pipe and cap-covered hole in outer layer. This kept mild |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A239_2 | Domestic | cooler | In Churn milk cooler |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A240 | HUSBANDRY AND LIVESTOCK | pail | Pail with a large pouring lip. Has a loop-over handle attached to lugs on both sides of pail. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A243 | HUSBANDRY AND LIVESTOCK | pail | This pail is canted. metal pail |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A244 | LIGHTING | hurricane lamps | hanging lights for use in farm buildings metal lamps with wire cages |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A244_2 | LIGHTING | hurricane lamps | hanging lights for use in farm buildings metal lamps with wire cages |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A246 | HUSBANDRY AND LIVESTOCK | milking stool | three legged stool with octagonal seat Octagonal seat is hand carved . small stool. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A247 | Domestic | cooler | For cooling milk before putting it in the churn. Metal frame of pipes on a stand with tubes on both sides and detachable top chamber and fixed botton chamber. Milk poured into top chamber drains through small holes over the sides of the corrugated water |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A248 | Domestic | dolly | for pounding washing in tub Legs on a pole |  |
S Old Curiosity Shop |
| A250 | BEE KEEPING | honey seperator | for extracting honey from combs, bin with crank mechanism creating centrifugal force. Metal bin contains wire cages suspended from hand crank mechanism. Hand crank spins cages around rapidly and centrifugal force causes honey to seperate out from combs. |  |
S (Old Curiosity Shop Nissen Hut) |
| A251 | BEE KEEPING | skep | skep made of coiled straw. Straw is wrapped round a string of briars in an igloo shape. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A254 | HUSBANDRY AND LIVESTOCK | milking stool | three legged stool with octagonal seat Octagonal seat is hand carved . small stool. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A513 | Domestic | spit dogs spit and drip tray | Dogs have three hooks for spit |  |
S Old Curiosity Shop |
| A518 | Domestic | oven and jack | Frame of oven placed over fire, jack wound up and meat attached to hook. Back of oven is open to fire, in which jack causes meat to revolve. semicircular oven on a stand. top and front are closed with door for meat inspection. Clockwork jack is suspended |  |
S Old Curiosity Shop |
| A622 | CARRIERS | yoke | green painted yoke yoke in good condition with buckets and chains attached |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A641 | Crafts | rake | to straighten and hold thatch in place. short straight piece of wood with six iron spikes driven through it at right angles |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A720 | HUSBANDRY AND LIVESTOCK | Halter block | Halter block for harness |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A721 | WHEELWRIGHTS | spokeshave | plane used to give final finish to cartwheel spokes. Tool has handle at either end and is solid in the centre. Has a gap in the middle holding a metal blade and a wooden wedge to locate blade in position. Inscribed GW Green |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A724 | Domestic | candle wick trimmer | candle trimmer A pair of sissors with a small box container on one of the arms. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A726 | Butchery | bristle remover | bristle remover Iron hemisphere with vertical wood handle, used for removing bristles from pig carcases |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A727 | Crafts | clamp | saddle makers clamp Length of wood with the end opened out into an oval shape. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A728 | Domestic | snudgel | triple iron hook used for lifting buckets from well |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A729 | Leather | glove dolly | hedgers glove dolly Length of timber with one end thickened and curved. Used for holding leather glove while being sewn. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A734 | Agriculture | wood splitter | used in conjunction with axe for running split down length of wood for hurdle making |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A740 | Domestic | Bread peel | Bread peel for baking loaves |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A745 | WHEELWRIGHTS | pattern | wood Felloe pattern |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A746 | Agriculture | Hub liner | Hub liner for wheels |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| A862 | Domestic | cheese press | pressing the liquid in cheesemaking This press belonged to Mr Gould's father and was used in Wantage. The family moved to College Farm, Henton nr Chinnor but it was not used there. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| B211 | Domestic | cheese press | pressing the liquid in cheesemaking Has John Gardeener andson , Smithfields, Birmingham stamped on stand |  |
S Old Curiosity Shop |
| B450 | CONTAINERS | egg box | cardboard box for transporting eggs corrogated cardboard prtectrs for 2 dzen eggs in cardboard partitions. Box labelled Eggs Valuable with care, |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| B540 | Domestic | knife cleaner | knife cleaner on stand hand operated on stand. Handle has lost it cover. Complete with spanner. |  |
S Old Curiosity Shop |
| B722 | CONTAINERS | milk bottle | 1pt and 2pt milk bottles Glass milk bottles smooth shape |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| B725 | CONTAINERS | milk bottle cover | Eathenware milk bottle cover Fawn earthenware 1 pint milk bottle cover. 1 inch hole on top and small hole at side. Inscription in black The "Polar" milk cooler with instruction for use on side. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| B759 | Domestic | tool for fitting milk bottle tops | Cardboard milk bottle top fitter Tool for fitting cardboard milk bottle tops. Type 1H |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| B854 | HUSBANDRY AND LIVESTOCK | milking buckets and accessories | 2 milking buckets and box of accessories 2 milking buckets with box of associated accessories |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| B943 | CONTAINERS | egg box | egg box for transporting cardboard egg box with 24 corrugated sections. was used for transporting eggs by road or rail. The lid has black writing showing addresses to and from, date and method of transporting. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| B944 | Domestic | egg pail | egg pail for preserving eggs galvanised iron pail with galvanised wire bucket inside. the pail has black painted writing on the outside indicating the bucket would be large enough to contain 200 eggs. Isinglass is put into the pail and the eggs into the |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| B949 | CONTAINERS | milk churn | small milk churn small milk churn and lid.Engraved with the words North Church Farm Berkhampstead on side. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| B926 | HUSBANDRY AND LIVESTOCK | feeding trough | piglet feeding trough china feeding trough for piglets. handles and large hole on top."The Arnold foster Mother, Regd. design No.863281" printed in black. There are 9 holes round the perimeter, 1 is broken and has been filled. |  |
S Old Curiosity Shop |
| C012 | Measures | milk churn | small oval milk churn milk churn for new milk. oval shaped with carrying handle. has wire bracket inside for holding measures. has the words "A.Parradine, Ivinghoe Aston, New Milk" stamped on lid. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| C136 | Domestic | separator | for extracting honey from combs Metal bin contains wire cages suspended from hand crank mechanism. Hand crank spins cages around rapidly and centrifugal force causes honey to separate out from comb |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| C181 | Domestic | butter churn | hand operated butter churn with four quarts glass jar and paper label on side with the name Blow |  |
S Old Curiosity Shop |
| C185_2 | CARRIERS | game carrier | carrying game when killed |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| C186 | IMPLEMENTS | wimble | rope making wimble "U" shaped tool with wood handle in the centre and at one end, with hook at the other. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| C192 | Domestic | boot jack | wooden boot jack Wooden boot jack. Hinged on the long side which enables the jack to be opened and doubles the width. Tapered at one end. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| C195 | Agriculture | snibber | snibber Curved blade with spike on end. Wooden handle. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| C196 | MILLING | lewis key | Lewis key metal "U" piece with bolt through open part holding 3 arms of various widths. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| C200 | Domestic | butter scoop | butter scoop used in the process of making butter |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| C286 | Domestic | butter churn | hand operated butter churn free standing Butter churn. Wooden oblong shaped with curved base.Wooden paddles. Loose top has observation panel and funnel. Either side has holding clamp. Mounted on wood stand with handle and heavy flywheel. Metal parts are |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| C342 | Domestic | cutter | marmalade cutter Triangular shape with pivoting handle. Clamp at rear for fixing on table. Also chute for placing marmalade in container.Black with gold edging and lettering |  |
S Old Curiosity Shop Nissen Hut |
| C795 | Domestic | bread oven peels | bread oven peels |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| C811 | CONTAINERS | bucket | Enamelled bucket |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| C812 | Domestic | bread slicer | bread slicer |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| C813 | SHOEMAKING | leather edger | Leather Edger- Cobblers |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| C814 | Domestic | mixing dishes | mixing dishes for ointments |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| C815 | Domestic | pill makers | Pill Makers (2) - Maker S. Maw Son and Thompson, London |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| C818 | Domestic | sausage maker | Sausage Maker - Silent Machine Co. Sheffield |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| C820 | Domestic | suppository mould | Suppository Mould |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| C821 | Domestic | washing dolly | washing dolly |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| C941 | Dairy | butter pats | pair of butter pats |  |
S Dairy Nissen Hut |
| D190 | Dairy | Cheese press | Cheese press, wooden tub with press boards |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| D792 | Dairy | Churn | Milk churn. Was F191 |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| E022 | Crafts | Knitting Yarn | Adjustable Skein Winder |  |
S Old curiosity shop |
| E023 | FARMING | Container | Self filling water container for chickens |  |
S Old Curiosity Shop |
| E074 | Domestic | tray | Bacon Curing Tray |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| E099 | Domestic | Bed Trolley | Fruit wood carcass and metal heating pot. The pot held hot embers from a fire and the frame was inserted in the bed to heat the bed. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| E109 | Domestic | Apple peeler | Hand operated worktop clamping apple peeler |  |
S Nissen hut |
| E127 | Carriages Carts and Wagons | Milkmans cart | milkmans delivery cart plus two milk churns, bucket, 3 measures and 2 bottles from Carters Dairy in Dunstable |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| E128 | Dairy | Churn | Barrel type butter churn on stand |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| E129 | Dairy | Cream seperator | Cream seperator complete with all accessories. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| E211 | Domestic | Butter mold | Butter mold, Press stamp, Wooden, thistle design. |  |
S Dairy Nissen Hut |
| E249 | Domestic | Butter Moulds | E249/1 Rectangular with imprint of a wheatsheaf, symbol of grandfathers dairy. E249/2 round mould with imprint of thistle and rose. |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| E430 | Dairy | Churn, Bottle filler and Measure | Handmilk churn, bottle filler and half pint measure |  |
S Nissen Hot |
| E431 | Dairy | Cheese press | Vintage Cheese Press |  |
S Nissen Hut |
| E549 | Dairy | Glass Milk bottle | Glass milk bottle from Chesham Dairies Ltd |  |
S Dairy Nissan Hut |
| E552 | Dairy | Metal Plaque | Metal Plaque - C Fountaine, Dairyman, Wing |  |
S Dairy Nissen Hut |
| E571 | Dairy | Milk | Hood Milk Can |  |
S Dairy Nissen Hut |
| E668 | Domestic Bygones | Cheese press | Cheese press, painted white |  |
S Nissan Hut |
| E675 | Domestic Bygones | Milk Measure | Milk measure For use with milk delivery churn. Capacity 1/2 pint |  |
S Dairy Nissan Hut |
| E787 | Agricultural | Dairy Thermometer | Mercury, Dairy floating thermometer in cardboar case |  |
S Nissan Hut |
| E794 | Dairy | Buuter Box 26lb | Cardboard box for 26lb of butter. Dominion Dairy Co Ltd, Golden Acre butter, Aylesbury. |  |
S Nissan Hut |
| E819 | Shops | Scales | Victorian dairy & cheese scale by Bartlet & sons Bristol with special pot pan , brass handle , heavy brass pan , marble top on a plinth base. |  |
S Nissan Hut |
| F191 | Dairy | Milk Churn | Metal Milk Churn |  |
S Dairy Nissen Hut |
| N059 | Domestic | Food processing | Hand operated mixer for kitchen use |  |
S Old Curiosity Shop |
| N062 | Domestic | sharpener | Some form of hand operated blade sharpener, use unknown, may have blade holder missing |  |
S Old Curiosity Shop |
| N063 | Agriculture | prunning shears | long reach prunning shears with two wooden hancles |  |
S Old Curiosity Shop |
| N064 | Agriculture | unknown use | unknown use |  |
S Old Curiosity Shop |
| N067 | Agriculture | unknown use | unknown use |  |
S Old Curiosity Shop |
| N068 | Agriculture | coat | Land Army womans coat |  |
S Old Curiosity Shop |
| N077 | Agriculture | Milk bottle | Guernsey 2 pint milk bottle with carrying handle |  |
S Dairy |
| N083 | Agriculture | Cream seperator | Lister hand operated cream seperator |  |
S Dairy |
| N084 | Domestic | dough trough | Wooden dough trough |  |
S Dairy |
| Last reviewed 2018-11-28 | Last saved 2025-06-20 |
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