Curd breaker

This is a curd breaker, used for cutting curd horizontally and vertically to hasten the escape of whey when making cheese. It has a long ash handle with a steel shaft, and a brass head with horizontal and vertical cutters. It has an embossed brass plate at the base of the handle which reads ‘M. H. Sarsons, Ironmonger, Aylesbury’. The curd breaker was used at the University of Reading’s Department…