The Worshipful Company of Coopers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. The organisation of Coopers existed in 1422; it received a Royal Charter of incorporation in 1501. The trade of Coopers, the making of wine, beer, and spirit barrels, having become obsolete, the Company now exists as a charitable foundation.
It also supports The Coopers Company and Coborn School and Strode's College.
The Coopers' Company ranks thirty-sixth in the order of precedence of Livery Companies. Its motto is Love as Bretheren.
Coopers could also be found on military and merchant vessels, since casks were common aboard ships.
Today, coopers are often called "barrel makers," but a barrel is only one kind of cask, one made by what was known as a "tight cooper." Other casks included the firkin, kilderkin, hogshead, butt, rundlet, tierce, puncheon, and pipe.
The tight cooper assembled clear white oak staves split from the dense center of a tree.
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