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OSTHÄCK. En slags bur där ost läggs för att torka. Den sattes ofta en bit upp på väggen så att djuren inte kom åt osten. (GM:17269)
EN REKLAMSKYLT FÖR SKOMAKARE. (GM:46)
SIGILLSTAMP används när hela skrået ska underteckna något. Sigillstampen trycks ner i vax eller lack som får stelna. Skomakarnas sigillstamp. (GM:5394)
STRYKJÄRN. På strykjärnet står det "MARIA 1692 TERNANDT". Maria gifter sig 1692 med klockgjutaren Peter Arvidsson Böök. Strykjärnet är kanske en bröllopspresent från honom till henne. (GM:5017)
MANGELBRÄDA. Den används för att göra tvätten slät. Tyget som ska slätas till rullas upp på en rund kavel av trä, som läggs på ett bord. Mangelbrädan trycks sedan hårt mot kaveln och förs fram och tillbaka tills tyget slätats ut. (GMallm:511)

In 1698 about 10.000 people lived in Gothenburg. They had different types of jobs and ways of supporting themselves. There were some families of artisans. Artisans were members of guilds, which were a type of workassociation. The bakers, the masons and the hatters had all their own guilds. The guild members took care of each other, and the guilds trained new artisans. The regulations said that only men could become artisans but reality was sometimes different. When Björn, the butcher, dies, his wife, Marit Svensdotter, continued to run the slaughterhouse for 25 years.
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CHEESE LARDER. A kind of cage in which cheese was placed to dry. It was often put high up on a wall so that animals could not get to the cheese. (GM:17269)
A SHOEMAKER'S ADVERTISING SIGN. (GM:46)
SEALS were used when an entire guild had to sign something. The seal was pushed down into wax, which was allowed to harden. The Shoemakers' seal. (GM:5394)
IRON. It bears the inscription "MARIA 1692 TERNANDT". Maria married bellfounder Peter Arvidsson Böök in 1692. The iron may have been a wedding present to her from him. (GM:5017)
MANGLE BOARD. This was used to smooth laundry. The fabric to be smoothed was rolled up on a round wooden roller, which was then placed on a table. The mangle board was pressed firmly against the roller and pushed back and forth until the fabric became smooth. (GMallm:511)