Butter Churn

Churn front

Name/Title

Butter Churn

Entry/Object ID

1973.31ab

Description

Yellow swing churn, bearing the stenciled label, "Davis Swing Churn/No. 1/Pat'd./Manufactured by/Vermont Farm Machine Co/Bellows Falls VT" in black paint on both long sides. The sides are further decorated with stenciled black decorative borders. There are two turned wooden handles across the top on either end, and metal brackets in the equivalent location on the bottom to attach the church to a wooden frame (now missing). The top of the churn has a door with a clear glass pane to view the contents.

Use

Swung or rocked on a wooden frame to make butter.

Context

Manufactured by Vermont Farm Machine Company in Bellows Falls, VT.

Acquisition

Accession

1973.31

Source or Donor

Old Sturbridge Village

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Vermont Farm Machinery Company (1871-1921)

Date made

1877 - 1900

Place

Village

Bellows Falls

Town

Rockingham

County

Windham County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Churn

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Tool, Dairy

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Food Processing Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Food Processing & Preparation T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

16 in

Width

32 in

Length

11 in

Material

Wood, Metal, Glass