WOODEN BUTTER CHURN
c. 1905 - 1930Rectangle wooden box, open at the top with a recessed lip for a lid. On one side is a metal handle. Inside is a semi circular shaped chamber with a metal axle across the width of the box. On the axle are four wood churning panels. On the outside is a metal L shaped handle that turns the axle. The ends of the box are open showing the curvature of the internal chamber. On the handle are raised numbers [42725]
Used by Henry and Lucy Buckingham in the early 1900s at their orchard 'Bangup' in Roleystone to make fresh butter. When she was old enough their daughter Sybil was given the task of using the butter churn to make the butter for the family. It would have taken approximately 30 minutes of churning before the cream separated into butter and buttermilk. Sybil would have then drained off the buttermilk, rinsed the butter several times and then used the butter pats to mould it before storing it somewhere cool.
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