Vessel to drain the whey from the cheese

Vessel to drain the whey from the cheese

Black ceramic vessel, made on a foot-powered wheel, with a smooth and blackened surface. It has a truncated-conical shape, with the base diameter smaller than the mouth, which is completely open. The walls and base feature circular perforations.

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Spanish

Physical Object

422

Quesera

02/07/2025

04/07/2025

14.5cm x 8.5cm x 11.5cm

current,43.3559346837855,-5.79416670380603;

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Clay and water

Cultural

ceramics

Foot-powered potter's wheel, cutting thread, specific tools for pottery (small wooden tools, knife, and punch), "trapadoiro" (leather cloth used to shape the rim of the vessel), and kiln.

Faro, Asturias, Spain

Faro, Asturias

Made with black clay, shaped on a pedal-powered wheel, and its surface smoothed with a leather cloth. The walls are pierced with a punch. The kiln used is the "open kiln." It consists of two parts: the firing chamber, where the pieces are stacked, and a boiler in which the fuel is introduced. A characteristic of Faro kilns is that they are always oxidizing and reach temperatures of 1,100º, as is the case with this black ceramic to drain the whey from the cheese.

To drain the whey from the cheese

Domestic, cheese production for sale.

The number of objects produced in the same batch as the one presented is unknown, but they were made in series, meaning many identical ones were created.

Livestock farming and cheese production

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