Butter churn mechanism
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- OBJECT TYPE
- dasher
- DATE
- 1905
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0364.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Belleville Pottery Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Belleville, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Ceramic churn/wood seat, working parts, churn handle and lid.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 169.0 cm
- Width
- 31.0 cm
- Height
- 131.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Dairying
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Belleville
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Belleville
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Made use of leverage to lift the dasher in the churn in a continuous up and down action to make butter. - Technical
-
The crock is a good example of early crockware with its beautiful decoration, two handles, and practical third handle to hold when tipping the churn. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "10" stamped into churn/partially illegible blue lettering on churn side reading in part "BELLEVILLE POTTERY CO." & "BELLEVILLE, ONT.".
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unfinished wood/beige glaze.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Belleville Pottery Co., Butter churn mechanism, circa 1905, Artifact no. 1987.0364, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1987.0364.001/
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