Salting trough
Category
Wooden objects
Date
1800 - 1899
Materials
Wood and metal
Measurements
160 x 1000 x 440 mm
Collection
Tredegar, Newport
NT 1552600
Summary
Trough. A large wooden, boat-shaped salting trough, 19th century. Carved from one piece of wood, with groove-shaped carrying handles reinforced with iron plates screwed to top edge.
Provenance
Part of the collection on loan to the National Trust from Newport Museum and Galleries. In March 2012 the National Trust took over the management of Tredegar House with its contents and its 90 acres of gardens and parkland, from Newport City Council for a period of 50 years.