Bark - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 78818 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 159.03 FAGACEAE Quercus petraea x robur | Entry Book Number | 3:2005 | |
| Artefact Name | Bark | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | United Kingdom | TDWG Region | United Kingdom | ||
| Parts Held | Bark | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | BarkUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Helen Sanderson | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 22/11/2005 | Donor Notes | J. & F.J. Baker & Co Ltd, Hamlyn Mills, King Street, Colyton, Devon EX24 6PD | ||
| Collector | Helen Sanderson | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 25/06/2002 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | J. & F.J. Baker & Co Ltd are the last oak bark tanners in the UK. The tannery employs 28 staff (8 FT; 20 PT). Most employees are from local area.x0Dx0AThe bark is processed on-site. It is first dried for three years and then ground using a water mill to power, the grinder. The bark must not be ground too finely, otherwise it will produce a pulpy mass. The bark is soaked in water with verona.x0Dx0AOak bark from coppiced oak from the Lake District, Wales and the Forest of Dean. 15 t/year is used by the tannery. The, oak bark from the Lake District was harvested by Brian Crawley.x0Dx0A | ||||