A late 19th /early 20th century galvanised steel 17 gallon milk churn lid, with engraved brass plaques. One plaque is engraved with J.C.Foster SWR Hook – this is probably the name of the farmer from Hook in Hampshire who sent his milk to London via South West Railway. The other plaque is engraved CB&D Ltd Vauxhall and this was probably a London dairy company who received their milk at Vauxhall station. The brass plaques enabled the churns to be sent and returned to the correct company’s. There is also a small brass plaque engraved with the numbers 2380.

The churn lid is also stamped with the makers name – Dairy Supply Co, Museum, London. In 1888 The Dairy Supply Company made 17-gallon galvanised iron containers, designed for transporting milk by rail. The company was was owned by George Barham, who invented the milk churn and campaigned for cleaner milk.

13” x 12” x 1½” deep / 33cm x 30cm x 3.8cm deep

£440.00

Vauxhall station was opened by the London and South Western Railway  in 1848 as Vauxhall Bridge station. It was rebuilt in 1856 after a large fire, and given its current name in 1862. Vauxhall saw significant use as a stop for trains delivering milk from across the country into London.