Hard wood cheese press with rope. Hardwood frame with adjustable bottom platform that can be adjusted by a rope pulley system. Cheese put in basket on movable platform. Handles then turned to squeeze cheese with its water and whey running off into container below.
Made/Created
Artist
American, unknown
Date made
1840 - 1860
Time Period
Mid to late 19th century
Place
Region
Northeast
Continent
North America
Notes
Made about 1850 or later. Elements suggest machine manufacture.
