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Busselton Historical Society > Records

Wooden Box Butter Churn

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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

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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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Sibling records

Small Painted Wooden Butter Churn on stand

Parent records

ROOM 1.18 The Dairy Room

Busselton Historical Society

Busselton Historical Society

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