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The Virginia Gazette
Williamsburg, Virginia
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A Portsmouth farmer with over 2000l. property was detected selling adulterated 'plated butter' made with hog's lard in the market on Monday last and fined about nine pounds at Guildhall. A gentleman's servant bought similar from an undiscovered seller.
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Amongst all the improvements made in our refined arts, few come up to that of our plated wares, as they are scarcely to be discovered from real silver. But this art is not only confined to metals, for some of our farmers wives in this neighbourhood possess the art of making plated butter. A farmer, with upwards of 2000l. property, was detected on Monday last in the market selling plated butter upon hog's lard. The butter was no thicker round the lard than a crown piece. The farmer was taken to Guildhall; and, as he could produce no patent, he was obliged to pay about nine pounds, fine and cost, for the ingenuity of his wife. A Gentleman's servant bought four pounds of the same sort of a man, but the artist hath not been discovered.
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Portsmouth
Event Date
Monday Last, Per Letter Of May 3
Outcome
farmer fined about nine pounds, fine and cost
Event Details
A farmer was detected selling plated butter upon hog's lard in the market; the butter layer was no thicker than a crown piece. He was taken to Guildhall and fined for lacking a patent. His wife was credited with the ingenuity. A gentleman's servant bought four pounds from another undiscovered seller.