Name/Title
Butter spoon of the Ucovich family, c. 1870Entry/Object ID
2020.20.1Description
Acc. No. 20.20.1
Subject Category: Household, utilitarian
Date or Period: 150 years old (?)
Object: Paddle, wooden
Description: A machine-sawed wooden paddle.
Size: L-10 inches.
History of Object: (Per donor's written history): “Butter spoon used for scraping butter from the "dasher” in the butter churn; it is about 150 years old.” (A “dasher" is a device that agitates milk or cream in a churn.) The donor's family were longtime Alameda residents.
Acquired from: Ron Ucovich,
Date: 03/14/20
