Mould for brus-type cheese

Description

A wooden form that consists of four elements, a board, a rim made of a shank and two flat, round wooden discs with patterns cut out using the woodcarving technique for stamping the so-called cyfry on the cheese. With these moulds, large rennet cheeses called bruski were shaped. The name of these products comes from their shape (large, round, with two flattened sides), resembling stones for brusenie, i.e. sharpening. This type of cheese was made in the Tatra Mountains in 2nd half of 19th century at Hala (meadow) Pyszna, and during the period just before World War I, also at Hala Kondratowa. Some sources go as far as to limit the production of bruski in the Tatra Mountains to the area of these two mountain pastures. ID no.: E/4284/a,b,c,d/MT Time of creation: 1850–1914 Museum: The Dr. Tytus Chałubiński Tatra Museum in Zakopane https://muzea.malopolska.pl/en/objects-list/1784 Digitalisation: Digitalisation: RDW MIC, Virtual Małopolska project