Wooden Box Butter Churn

c. 1900
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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.

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Registration number
cwa-org-124-2024.164
Item type
Material
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.

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Busselton Historical Society

Busselton Historical Society

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Wooden box butter churn c1900s
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Wooden Farm Butter Churn showing the removable lid with handle

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