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Wooden Box Butter Churn
c. 1900Subcollections
Overview
This a largish, portable, hand-operated, wooden, box butter churn used to make butter from cream in the farm kitchen. The internal wooden racks / paddles are arranged in an X shape and at the central point are attached to a metal hand crank that has a turned wood handle. There is a removable lid where the handle pieces have been screwed together.
Details
Details
Registration number
cwa-org-124-2024.164
Item type
Objects
Themes
Material
Iron
Wood
Width
31 cm
Height or length
40 cm
Depth
45 cm
Contextual information
This butter churn would have been used in the farm kitchen. It would have been stored away until "butter making day" when it would be brought out and the stored, separated cream was poured in and then steadily churned to make butter.
Year
Last modified
Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
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