Flora Danica butter/margarine crate

Rectangular wooden crate with an open top. The crate has been constructed using planks of wood and the planks are held together with iron nails. There are four iron nail heads protruding from the top of the crate; they may have held the missing lid in place.

There are stamped inscriptions on all four sides of the crate including the phrase, 'FLORA DANICA MADE IN DENMARK'. A metal disc inset in one end of the crate bears the raised inscription, 'DANMARK 1371'. There is also a further handwritten inscription on the base. The crate probably originally held a dairy product.