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Description

Part of a model of an apparatus for making butter, to a scale of 2 inches to 1 foot: Asia, South Asia, India, Bihar, Patna or Tirhut, 1815 - 1821

Museum reference

A.UC.832.17 B

Physical description

Ebony, V-shaped, attached to the pole with string.

References

Tytler, Margaret. Catalogue of a set of models intended to illustrate the arts & manufactures of Hindostan executed under the Superintendence of the late Miss Margaret Tytler during her residence at Patna and in Tirhoot [Tirhut] from the year 1815 to 1821. With Prefatory Note by Tytler, John. Ass surgeon, Bengal Establishment, Monghyr July 1st 1824. [NMS Research Library, Special Collections]

Savignhac, P. de and Pearson. G. Asiatic Museum Illustrated, Part 1. Comprising Figures of all the Models that were Presented to the Museum by Miss Tytler, making a total of 83. Calcutta: Asiatic Lithographic Company's Press, 1828, Pl. IV. Fig. II [University of Edinburgh Library Collection]

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