Antique English Cast Iron Cheese Press by Thomas Corbett of Shrewsbury, circa 1880 Redo 5" tall X 4" wide

5" tall X 4" wide

12" diameter X 2

signed and dated 1908

Acquired from the Laura Russo Gallery in 2007

the other with a roundel of flowers & leaves

Antique English Cast Iron Cheese Press by Thomas Corbett of Shrewsbury, circa 1880 Redo 5" tall X 4" wideA rare antique, all original and fully functioning cast iron English cheese press by Thomas Corbett of Shrewsbury, circa 1880. The cheese press having been fully & professionally restored, the top having an acorn shaped finial with the original brass pressure gauge below, reading in hundredweights (cwt). The press having three circular cast iron platforms to press wheels of cheese, two of the platforms move up or down and are operated by a large