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Dairy

milking stool

Period:
19th Century
Description:

In Wigtownshire during the 19th to mid 20th century cows were milked twice a day by hand.  The dairy maid would be sat on this type of stool and milk into a wooden bucket.

 

The milking stool has four legs and a solid circular wooden seat.

Materials/Media:
wood
Dimensions:
H:220mm; span of feet 240mm
Source:
Stranraer Museum
Accession number:
WIWMS 1990.8
Digital Number:
SRFU004n
Copyright:
Dumfries & Galloway Council