Stone, Worked

Name/Title

Stone, Worked

Entry/Object ID

1850.657

Description

Irregularly shaped stone with grooved semi-circular line, used in the process of soap-making. Straw and ash-filled barrel places into the grooved lines on the stone. Water would be poured into a barrel, and the resulting liquid (lye) was later boiled with tallow to produce soap.

Made/Created

Date made

1800 - 1900

Material

stone( granite?)