"Cheese Dish"

Date

1863 - 1890

Artist/Maker

Belleek Pottery

Place

[Belleek, Co. Fermanagh]

Technique

Manufactured

Dimensions

Width: 0.283cm
Height: 0.21cm

Caption

This cheese dish is a very clever piece of design. Patented by John McCall & Co London, used to keep and preserve a large portion of cheese. As the cheese was used up, the ring sections were removed, one by one, to lessen the quantity of air circulating around the cheese.

Credit

Purchased with assistance from the Northern Ireland Museums Council and the Museum Friends

Object number

FCM_1996_143