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Butter beater and slice

1994

2 wooden paddle-shaped implements used to cut and beat into shape butter. The slice is smooth on both sides and has a cutting edge, the beater is grooved on one side and smooth on the other. These...

SA/BR/8/2

Butter beater and slice

Cheese cutter

1993

Wooden platform with central groove through which a wire with a wooden toggle on the end protrudes which was used to cut cheese. There is a raised edge on the underside which hooked over the edge of...

SA/BR/8/3

Cheese cutter

Cooked meats cutting board

1993

Raised pine board. This board is a replica of the smallest of three sizes of board used to display and cut cooked meats in Sainsbury's branches.

SA/BR/8/4

Cooked meats cutting board

Guidelines for preparation and handling of provisions

[c. 1950s-1960s]

Includes: A5 binder detailing shelf life of perishables for self service shops [c.1950s]; instruction leaflet for the handling of cheeses

SA/BR/8/19

Guidelines for preparation and handling of provisions

Sponge

[20th century]

Egg shaped yellow natural sponge.

SA/BR/8/26

Sponge

Butter pat

20th century

Wooden paddle shaped implement with a grooved surface and a short handle used to work butter into shape. This pat would have been one of a pair. (Replica)

SA/BR/8/27

Butter pat

Brush

1920s-1980s

Stiff plastic bristled brush with a twisted wire handle. May have been used in branch preparation areas.

SA/BR/8/34

Brush

Cheese cutter/slicer

[c. 1960s-1990s]

Metal platform with central groove through which a spring wound wire with a metal toggle on the end protrudes. Used to cut cheese on delicatessen counters.

SA/BR/8/43

Cheese cutter/slicer

Meat utensil

[c. 1950s-1970s]

Metal pronged utensil with handle, according to pre-existing catalogue information was used for picking up meat.

SA/BR/8/44

Meat utensil

Meat utensil

[c. 1950s-1970s]

Metal pronged utensil with wooden handle, possibly used for picking up meat.

SA/BR/8/45

Meat utensil

Cutting implement

[c. 1960s-1980s]

Metal blade inserted into a wooden double ended handle. Wrapped in two pieces of brown cloth.

SA/BR/8/46

Cutting implement

Cheesewire

[c. 1980s]

A length of steel coated wire with a cylindrical wooden toggle at each end. This cheesewire is probably a replica.

SA/BR/8/52

Cheesewire

Metal scoops

[20th century]

3 small metal scoops. Probably used for products such as dried fruit and sugar.

SA/BR/8/64

Metal scoops

Butcher's tool case (non-Sainsbury's)

[c. 1920s-1970s]

Home-made, rectangular, varnished wooden case. The case has a hinged lid which can be fastened shut using two lockable metal clasps. It is lined with a green synthetic textile and is divided up into...

SA/BR/8/70

Butcher's tool case (non-Sainsbury's)

Images

20th century

SA/BR/8/IMA

Images