A thread on Roman cheese presses, to be updated as and when I encounter more of them.

To start, my local.

Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, originally found in Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent.

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The Museum of London. Originally from the Bank of England.

According to the MoL website this one dates to between 43 and 200AD and is heavily restored (I'm guessing the lighter centre section is original).
The Salisbury Museum, originally found at West Dean, Wiltshire. Described as a "cheese squeeze" instead of a mold or press.
Small fragment displayed at the Verulamium museum, St Albans. Part of an excellent display on the different plants and animal remains found at the site and their uses. @stalbansmgtrust @stalbansmuseums
Might as well post the 1745 translation of Columella's De Re Rustica here as I'll inevitably refer to it.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qcNbAAAAMAAJ&dq=columella%20de%20re%20rustica%201745&pg=PR2#v=onepage&q&f=false
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